Some truly awful news--that more children and teens killed themselves in 2005 than in the year before--casts new light on the emotional controversy over whether antidepressant medications known as SSRIs increase or decrease suicide risk.
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A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry looking at early results of federally ordered "black box" warning labels about risk of teen suicide suggests that, while prescriptions have dropped, suicides have increased.
This study...
The relationship between antidepressant meds known as SSRIs (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and others) and suicide has been debate for the last... Read more »
Is anyone still on Prozac? Anyone? I don't know what to make of it: the number one drug in the universe (Prozac) has now been relegated... Read more »
Two recent articles from the Archives of Internal Medicine suggest that SSRIs are associated with an increased rate of bone loss. In the... Read more »
Question: sinmar asked...I have used SSRIs for depression since 1997, first Zoloft and then Paxil. I have gained at least ten pounds with... Read more »
Full Question: My question is about the safety of migraine medicines mixed with SSRIs, and more urgently, how to get my doctors to... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Much has been written about the link between drugs used to treat depression and the risk of suicide. A study conducted by the... Read more »
Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft have been the darlings of the antidepressant market for years. New... Read more »
Amid warnings about Paxil and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and their link to increased suicide risk, some doctors are... Read more »
Amid warnings about Paxil and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and their link to increased suicide risk, some doctors are... Read more »
A review of data from 35 controlled trials shows a marked benefit from SSRIs for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers. Patients taking... Read more »
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