Britain leads the world in giving out anti-depressants
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Campaigners demanded yesterday that more psychological therapies be made available on the NHS after a study showed that Britain leads the world in prescribing antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs to children.
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LONDON  - A British medical journal said Friday it had given U.S. regulators confidential drug company documents suggesting a link between the popular anti-depressant Prozac and a heightened risk of suicide attempts and violence.
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Life & style: Taking therapies can be better than antidepressants. But how do you get them? Lucy Atkins reports.
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Warnings from federal regulators four years ago that antidepressants were increasing the risk of suicidal behavior among young people led to a precipitous drop in the use of the drugs. Now a new study has found that the drop coincides with an unprecedented increase in the number of suicides among...
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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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The first generic version of Lexapro, one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants, with more than $2 billion in sales last year, received federal approval Monday.
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Some local doctors are not thrilled with a national study on anti-depression. The Food and Drug Administration says drugs, like Prozac and Paxil, can increase the chances of suicide among children and teens.
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The number of children and teenagers taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this year after US warnings the medicines may increase suicidal tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc.
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Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed drugs in the U.S., a government study says. Many psychiatrists see this as a sign that Americans are comfortable asking for help. Others see it as a product of aggressive marketing by drugmakers.
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The UK drugs regulatory agency warned yesterday that the SSRI class of anti-depressant medicines had been too widely prescribed by doctors for the treatment
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Two to 3 percent of children treated with antidepressants had suicidal thoughts or behavior as a result of the drugs, officials said today based on the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s most
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Western countries saw a huge increase in the use of powerful antidepressants and other mood-altering drugs for children in the first years of the century, according to a study.
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The number of prescriptions given to children under 16 for depression and mental health problems has quadrupled in 10 years.
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Britain now tops European countries in rates of cocaine abuse, a new report has revealed. The study, released Thursday by the European Union&#39;s drug monitoring center, found five percent to seven percent of
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October 1, 2004 5:11 PM GMT (Datamonitor) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to examine the potential link between antidepressants and increased suicidal tendencies in adults.
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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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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc and other makers of antidepressants may be required to tell doctors more about potential suicide risk among children and teenagers taking the pills, US regulators said.