Tough Warnings Ordered for All Antidepressants
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FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- All antidepressants must carry a &quot;black box&quot; warning, the government's toughest safety alert, saying the drugs have been linked to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior in children, U.S. health officials announced Friday.
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Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning -- in a black box on the label -- that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior.
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Following a two-day hearing on the safety and efficacy of antidepressants in children, an FDA advisory panel on Tuesday voted 15 to 8 to recommend that all antidepressants carry a black box warning -- the strongest warning issued by the government -- to
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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ordered that all antidepressants carry "black box" warnings that they "increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior" in children who take them.    Patients and their parents will be given medication guides that include the warning with each new prescription or refill...
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WASHINGTON - Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as part of a clinical trial for young people who have attempted suicide.    Government health advisers said last week the labels on these drugs should have bold warnings surrounded by a black box to draw attention and say that, in some cases, the medication increases suicidal thoughts and behavior...
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Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as part of a clinical trial for young people who have attempted suicide.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Despite a new ruling by federal regulators requiring all antidepressants to carry ominous warnings the drugs could make youngsters suicidal, some analysts Friday predicted physicians will still prescribe the drugs for kids, albeit more
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A recommendation from expert advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration that stronger warning labels be placed on antidepressants, due to potential
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The F.D.A. ordered drug companies to add strong warnings to antidepressants, saying that they can cause suicidal thoughts and actions in children and teenagers.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - Antidepressant medications,  including such best-selling drugs as Prozac and Paxil, should  come with strong warnings that they appear to raise the risk of  suicidal thoughts and behavior in younger patients, a U.S.  advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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An expert panel advising the Food and Drug Administration recommended today that antidepressants carry a warning in a black box on the label saying that the medications
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hen the Food and Drug Administration opens an advisory committee hearing tomorrow into the safety of antidepressants, several committee members will push for tougher warnings saying that
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Antidepressant drugs need warnings that they may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in adults up to age 25, a U.S. advisory panel said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning - in a black box on the label - that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday.    It's a rare risk, and therefore families need detailed information on how to balance that concern with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide, cautioned advisers to the Food and Drug Administration...
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WASHINGTON - All drugs used to treat depressed children should carry a "black box" warning of the antidepressants' link to increased suicidal thoughts and actions, says a panel of federal advisers.    The warning, among the strongest in the Food and Drug Administration's arsenal, should reach doctors no matter how they get drug information and would extend to drug advertising directed at patients...
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WASHINGTON - Antidepressants should carry the strongest type of warning about the higher risk of suicidal behavior in children and teens who take the pills, a US advisory panel said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.    Because the warnings are primarily seen by doctors, the agency also is creating an information guide for patients to advise them of the risk...