US Lawmaker Blasts FDA Over Antidepressants Risk
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US Food and Drug Administration staff first questioned the possibility of a link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior in youth as far back as eight years ago, a senior US lawmaker charged on Thursday.
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Federal drug regulators should warn physicians and patients in the strongest possible terms that antidepressants not only cause some children and teenagers to become suicidal
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The U.S. government ordered  antidepressant makers on Friday to put tough warnings on the  drugs to alert doctors, parents and patients the medicines  increase risks of suicidal behavior among children and teens.
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WASHINGTON &#151; Safety concerns about a GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug prompted some Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to rebuke the Food and Drug Administration and call for increased regulation of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Sept. 14, 2004 -- As the Food and Drug Administration concludes hearings on the use of antidepressants in children and teens, much of the debate focuses on the safety of such drugs, called SSRIs.
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Agency wants to learn if drugs can lead to suicide in young people; most major drugmakers impacted. NEW YORK  - The Food and Drug Administration is expected to call for changes to labels for antidepressants to reflect a new agency analysis ...
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It was Britain's warning to physicians last year not to treat depression in young people with six antidepressant drugs that set off an international debate and gave impetus to U.S. health authorities who made ...
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WASHINGTON -- Now that the Food and Drug Administration is considering suicide warnings on antidepressants for children, the agency is checking whether the same precaution might be needed for adults.
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A top Republican lawmaker called Wednesday for Merck &amp; Company to answer questions about its withdrawn drug Vioxx on Nov. 18 at the first Congressional hearing to address the drug&#39;s safety problems.
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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 a medication guide for patients to advise them of the risk...
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At a hearing before the US Senate Finance Committee, Dr. David Graham testified that the Food and Drug Administration pressured him to alter findings of a study regarding Merck &amp; Co.
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Washington - An expert with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said on Thursday he was pressured by his agency to stifle study results showing the potential dangers of the anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx.
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Antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, after the Food and Drug Administration linked them to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them.
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A top Republican lawmaker raised concerns about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor drug safety following Merck & Co. Inc.'s recall of its arthritis drug last week, according to a letter made public on Tuesday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it &quot;generally supports&quot; an advisory panel&#39;s conclusion this week that antidepressants sometimes raise the risk of suicidal behavior in youth.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel urged  regulators on Tuesday to require a "black box" warning on  antidepressant labels about the increased risk of suicidal  behavior in youth who take the drugs.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 24, 2004 - The Food and Drug Administration &quot;within a few days&quot; will decide on a stronger warning for antidepressants, a top official told Congress.