Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8957

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Publication type: news

Carey B.
Panel Wants Broader Antidepressant Labeling
New York Times 2006 Dec 14A36
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B11F63E550C778DDDAB0994DE404482&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fC%2fCarey%2c%20Benedict

Notes:

Strong warning labels about the suicide risk associated with antidepressants, which now include children and adolescents, should be extended to adults under 25, a federal advisory panel concluded Wednesday. The panel, which voted 6 to 2 to recommend the warnings after a daylong hearing, also advised the Food and Drug Administration to require including information in the drugs’ labels highlighting the risks of untreated depression…