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Gormy Cuss

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9. Drug manufacturers wouldn't put a warning on the label unless the data supported it.

Sat Jan 30, 2016, 02:05 PM

Jan 2016

IOW, there is at minimum a strong enough correlation to be concerned about the potential side effect or in the case of adolescent usage there may be a lack of clinical data to support its use in that population and thus it is not recommended for that population..

Zoloft is clearly labeled as contraindicated for adolescents yet it gets prescribed to them anyway. I've seen one teen react badly and suicidally while on Zoloft. Switching to a different drug stopped the suicidal impulses while adequately treating the depression.

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UK Telegraph: Antidepressant risks to adults and under 18's may have been seriously underestimated [View all] nationalize the fed Jan 2016 OP

Read this in the Guardian malaise Jan 2016 #1

Intresting. I was started on Luvox back when I was 13 or 14 JesterCS Jan 2016 #14

Correlation does not prove causation. denem Jan 2016 #2

Drug manufacturers wouldn't put a warning on the label unless the data supported it. Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #9

it's always struck me as 'odd' that listed side effect of anti-depressants is azurnoir Jan 2016 #3

I often wonder... spinbaby Jan 2016 #4

that is often the finding, that suicide happens as one emerges from depression MisterP Jan 2016 #7

the chemical imbalance "theory" of depression Mosby Jan 2016 #10

from mayo azurnoir Jan 2016 #11

The lawyers will be lining up now FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #5

Might extend beyond suicides nationalize the fed Jan 2016 #6

How is this possible? Octafish Jan 2016 #8

+1 nationalize the fed Jan 2016 #12

My nephew shot and killed himself, after starting ssri meds daleo Jan 2016 #13

I have SAD JesterCS Jan 2016 #15

He had a girlfriend, and a nice one too daleo Jan 2016 #17

K&R. We need access to data from all clinical trials. Overseas Jan 2016 #16

+1 nationalize the fed Feb 2016 #18