Study Finds Bleeding Problem with Antidepressants
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Some patients who are new users of  antidepressants such as Paxil and Prozac and other selective  serotonin reuptake inhibitors may run a risk of abnormal  bleeding, researchers said on Monday.
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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's most comprehensive analysis of past clinical trials of the widely used drugs.
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NEW YORK  - People who have hospitalized with a heart attack or severe angina -- known by the umbrella term "acute coronary syndrome" -- appear to be less likely to have certain heart-related events subsequently if they're taking a type of antidepressant called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or SSRI, researchers report.
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The use of some antidepressants appears linked to an increase in suicidal behavior in some children and teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel ruled on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Older women who take certain antidepressants are at increased risk of fracturing a bone, but it's not clear whether the association is due to the drugs, depression itself, or some other factor, according to a new report in the Harvard Women's Health Watch.
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Doctors have been issued with new guidance on the prescribing of antidepressants.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.
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Using the anti-depressant Prozac at an early age could lead to emotional problems later in life, US scientists have told the journal Science.
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Doctors are prescribing more antidepressants for children and adolescents although there is little evidence about their safety or efficacy in youngsters, researchers say.
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The British Medical Journal said yesterday it has sent documents to US health regulators that appear to suggest a link between the antidepressant Prozac and suicidal behavior.
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A huge study found that patients on antidepressants rarely get the psychiatric therapy needed right after they start the drugs, a time when risk of suicidal behavior can rise temporarily.
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By Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune  Dec. 14--Young adults are at heightened risk of becoming suicidal when they take antidepressants, and warnings on the drugs' labels should be altered to emphasize that potential, a federal advisory committee recommended Wednesday.
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Variations in two genes may increase the likelihood that a person will report suicidal thoughts after taking an antidepressant, researchers reported Thursday.
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Independent experts came to the same conclusion as Food and Drug Administration scientists: There is a definite link between antidepressants and the worsening suicidal fixations of children taking the drugs.
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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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Caution on using antidepressants as first treatment for mild depression is latest evidence of experts reexamining the enthusiasm for medications.
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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.