Call for restrictions on antidepressants
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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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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...
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Description: An advisory committee recommends the FDA issue stronger warnings about the use of antidepressants called SSRIs in children and teenagers.
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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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Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning &#151; in a black box on the label &#151; that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday.
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New guidelines are issued to doctors on the use of some anti-depressants, amid growing concern about their safety.
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On Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged that antidepressants carry explicit warnings about an increased risk of suicidal behaviors in young people.
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The discovery that antidepressants  may increase suicidal tendencies in children  has prompted some  lawmakers and physicians to ask if changes are needed to  financial incentives given to drug makers for pediatric  research.
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Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: It will take more than a change in prescription rules to break Britain's growing dependence on antidepressants
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The Food and Drug Administration expects to seek tougher measures regulating the use of antidepressants when it convenes an advisory panel meeting next month, according to agency documents released yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- Treatment with antidepressants increases the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in patients up to age 24, according to proposed changes to the drugs' labels unveiled Wednesday by health officials.
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A US advisory panel urged regulators on Tuesday to require a &quot;black box&quot; warning on antidepressant labels about the increased risk of suicidal behavior in youth who take the drugs.
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The Food and Drug Administration is likely to require antidepressants to carry strong, "black box" warnings about links between increased suicidal behavior in children who take the drugs, an agency official said Thursday.
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Treatment with antidepressants increases the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in patients age 24 and younger, according to proposed changes to the drugs' labels unveiled Wednesday by federal health officials.
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More children in the world today are being prescribed antidepressants by doctors despite concerns over their safety and efficacy in this age group.
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The Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly urged antidepressant manufacturers not to disclose to physicians and the public that some clinical trials of the medications in children
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ast week, a federal advisory panel urged regulators to warn parents that antidepressant drugs not only increase the risk of suicide in some children, but that most have a poor track record in curing their disease.