Medical News Today: Trial review confirms common antidepressant is 'unsafe and ineffective' for teens
From a reanalysis of original trial data from 2001, researchers find the antidepressant paroxetine and the higher dosage drug imipramine are no better than a placebo. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Depression Source Type: news
Popular antidepressant found unsafe for teens
Scientists reevaluated a study funded by the maker of Paxil, and found troubling contradictions (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - September 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antidepressant Paxil Isn't Safe for Teens, New Analysis Says
Review of study data contradicts findings reported in 2001 (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Paroxetine ineffective and unsafe for adolescents, reanalysis of trial finds
Findings contradict those of the original analysis Related items from OnMedicaGSK to publish all clinical trials dataMPs demand doctors get full access to clinical trials data Medical journal accused of U-turn over conflicts of interestAre industry ‘supertrialists’ imbalancing diabetes research?Doctors debate long-term use of psychiatric drugs (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 17, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
SSRIs linked to violent crime in young adults, Swedish study suggests
Researchers speculate that younger people may be prescribed lower doses which do not control all symptoms fullyRelated items from OnMedicaAntipsychotic medication reduces rate of violent crimeAntidepressant link to persistent pulmonary hypertensionLink between serotonin and depression ‘a myth’Paroxetine ineffective and unsafe for adolescents, reanalysis of trial findsDoctors debate long-term use of psychiatric drugs (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - September 17, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New Analysis of Paxil Data: Were Adverse Events Downplayed? (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Fresh look at infamous Study 329 raises questions about pharma transparency (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - September 16, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Antidepressant Paxil Is Unsafe for Teenagers, New Analysis Says
The study reverses an earlier conclusion that caused a long-running dispute, and opens the way for journals to post multiple interpretations of the same experiment. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: BENEDICT CAREY Tags: Antidepressants Jureidini, Jon Healy, David Paxil (Drug) Jofre, Shelley Depression (Mental) GlaxoSmithKline PLC BMJ (Journal) Suicides and Suicide Attempts Source Type: news
Seroxat study under-reported harmful effects on young people, say scientists
Experts who re-analysed data say study is still referred to in medical literature and needs to be retractedAn influential study which claimed that an antidepressant drug was safe for children and adolescents failed to report the true numbers of young people who thought of killing themselves while on it, re-analysis of the trial has foundStudy 329, into the effects of GlaxoSmithKline’s drug paroxetine on under-18s, was published in 2001 and later found to be flawed. In 2003, the UK drug regulator instructed doctors not to prescribe paroxetine – sold as Seroxat in the UK and Paxil in the US – to adolescents. Continue ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 16, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Health editor Tags: Drugs Medical research Depression Pharmaceuticals industry GlaxoSmithKline Society Science Business Source Type: news
Living with Panic Attacks
You’re sitting in your car trying to will yourself to walk into the grocery store. Anxiety washes over you. You’re cold and hot at the same time with sweat trickling down your back, hair standing on your arms. You finally get out of your car. But as you enter the store, you feel wobbly and like you’re going to pass out. The fluorescent lighting seems especially stifling. The wide aisles, oddly enough, feel claustrophobic. Your breath feels finite, like a balloon floating up to the sky, which you can’t catch. In fact, at times you feel like you’re floating along with the balloon. At times you feel like Edvard Munc...
Source: Psych Central - September 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety Cognitive-Behavioral Disorders General Psychotherapy Relaxation and Meditation Self-Esteem Self-Help Stress Academy of Cognitive Therapy Agoraphobia Antidepressant Anxiety Disorder Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Source Type: news
Fluoxetine, Paroxetine Linked to Increased Birth Defect Risks
A study published July 8 in BMJ confirmed previous reports that maternal use of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors paroxetine and fluoxetine is tied to an increased risk of birth defects. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - July 15, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New Study Sheds Light On The Link Between Antidepressants And Birth Defects
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that pregnant women who take certain drugs that are part of a class of antidepressants known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) are at slightly increased risk for having a baby with birth defects. While this sounds frightening, the absolute risk for birth defects is still very low, cautioned study authors. For instance, women who took Paxil (paroxetine) would increase their risk for giving birth to a baby with anencephaly (a serious and often fatal brain and skull defect) from two per 10,000 to seven per 10,000. For a certain heart ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 10, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study links Prozac, Paxil use with birth defects
(Reuters) - A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil and birth defects, but has cleared other popular treatments in the class, including Celexa, Lexapro and Pfizer's Zoloft, which is the subject of a major lawsuit over birth defect claims. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Study: Prozac, Paxil may increase risk for birth defects
Stephen FellerATLANTA, July 9 (UPI) -- The common antidepressants Prozac and Paxil were found in a new study to double the risk for birth defects if taken early in a pregnancy. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - July 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Antidepressant Birth Defect Risk Limited to Paxil and Prozac (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers say other SSRIs are safe (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - July 9, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Antidepressants linked with risk of birth defects
Women who use the SSRIs paroxetine and fluoxetine in early pregnancy may be at higher risk of having infants with birth defects, according to new research. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Depression Source Type: news
