A necessary warning: Parents need to know risks of antidepressants
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Who can blame frightened, anxious parents for hoping that a miracle drug might be able to cure their dangerously depressed adolescents?
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An advisory panel&#39;s recommendation that the Food and Drug Administration require antidepressant medicines to carry warnings about the possible risk of suicidal behavior in children taking the drugs is a prudent move.
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LONDON: British medical regulators urged physicians on Monday to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said such products as Prozac and Paxil should be clearly labeled with warnings about their use.
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Tough warning labels for antidepressants ordered by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday could save children&#39;s lives, experts say, but others warn that the move could backfire
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For years, medical experts and desperate parents with teens suffering from depression have argued over the risks of prescribing antidepressants to minors, 520,000 of whom attempt suicide each year.
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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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British medical regulators urged physicians today to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said they should be clearly labeled with warnings
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Federal health officials are preparing stronger warnings for some anti--depressants prescribed for children after new analyses back a possible link to suicide.
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WASHINGTON - Antidepressants seem to spur suicidal behavior in some children and teenagers, government advisers ruled Tuesday before tackling a bigger question: How should that rare risk be balanced with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide?    Options range from making warning labels stronger to restricting those allowed to prescribe them. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration were reluctant to consider a more severe move, forbidding pediatric prescriptions...
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for anti-depressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children were told on Tuesday that a new warning added in March appeared to have little impact on children's use of the drugs.    Children aged 1 to 17 still account for 7 percent of anti-depressants prescribed, said Michael Evans of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Drug Safety...
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WASHINGTON Sept. 15, 2004 - All drugs used to treat depressed children should carry a &quot;black box&quot; warning of the antidepressants&#39; link to increased suicidal thoughts and actions, says a panel of federal advisers.
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A US advisory panel concluded Tuesday that antidepressants such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil should come with stronger warnings because they appear to increase suicidal behavior in children and teenagers.
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Highly publicized government warnings that antidepressants could cause suicidal thoughts in adolescents may have scared off parents and doctors alike, meaning fewer depressed children are being diagnosed, U.S. psychiatrists say.
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Description: Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meeting in Washington, DC agree that there is a link between antidepressants and an increased risk of suicidal behavior among some children.
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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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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
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Newborn babies could be at risk of suffering withdrawal symptoms if their mothers are prescribed antidepressants during pregnancy, researchers said on Friday.