Dad Cites Boy's Antidepressants in Deaths
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Authorities say three years ago, Christopher Pittman, then 12, shot his grandparents as they slept because they had scolded him for fighting. But Christopher's father, Joe Pittman, thinks his son killed because his sense of right and wrong was clouded by the anti-depressant Zoloft.
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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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Antidepressant use among children  declined 10 percent in 2004, after U.S. regulators warned the  drugs may be linked with increased suicide risk, pharmacy  benefits firm Medco Health Solutions said on Tuesday.
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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BETHESDA, Maryland Top officials of the Food and Drug Administration have acknowledged for the first time that antidepressants appeared to lead some children and teenagers to become suicidal.
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Experts are questioning a studyâs linking a 2004 increase in the suicide rate for children and adolescents to a warning by drug regulators about the use of antidepressants in minors.
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Families and doctors should be cautioned that children taking antidepressant drugs may be at an increased risk for suicidal behavior and thinking, and the government should require a prominent
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WASHINGTON Sept. 13, 2004 - A Food and Drug Administration epidemiologist who triggered a closer look at suicidal behavior among children taking antidepressants cited independent experts at hearings Monday who he said support his findings.
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.    Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions found that the number of children taking antidepressants fell 18 percent in the first quarter and an additional 5 percent in the second quarter...
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A Food and Drug Administration epidemiologist who triggered a closer look at suicidal behavior among children taking antidepressants cited independent experts at hearings Monday who he said support his findings.    In addition to seeing increases in suicidal thoughts among children receiving all the antidepressants he studied, Dr...
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Despite a new ruling by federal regulators requiring all antidepressants to carry ominous warnings the drugs could make youngsters suicidal, some analysts Friday predicted physicians will still prescribe the drugs for kids, albeit more
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WASHINGTON - Antidepressants should come with the nation's strongest warning - in a black box on the label - that they can sometimes spur suicidal behavior in children and teenagers, the government's scientific advisers decided Tuesday.    It's a rare risk, and therefore families need detailed information on how to balance that concern with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide, cautioned advisers to the Food and Drug Administration...
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BETHESDA, Md.  -  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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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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Children taking antidepressant drugs may be at increased risk for suicidal behavior and thinking, and the government should require a "black box" warning label on the medications, an expert panel concluded Tuesday.
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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.
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Top officials acknowledged for the first time that antidepressants appeared to lead some children to become suicidal.