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FDA FINALLY ADMITS ANTI-DEPRESSANT - VIOLENCE CONNECTION, SORT OF
[This appears to be the FDA backing into the anti-depressant - violence
connection which it has steadfastly ignored. Suicide is a convenient
euphemism for violence that avoids dealing with the number of young
people on anti-depressants who have killed others before themselves. As
we have pointed out, risk percentages are misleading in the case of
drugs that 24 million people are using. Five suicidal and/or violent
students on a campaign where 1,000 are on the drugs can still cause a
lot of trouble and deaths]
AP - Young adults face an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and
behavior when they first begin taking antidepressants and should be
warned about the danger, federal health officials said Wednesday. The
Food and Drug Administration asked makers of the drugs to expand its
warning labels to include adults age 18-24. The labels already include
similar warnings for children and adolescents. Eli Lilly and Co., the
maker of Prozac, Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other
pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA's request.
. . . The FDA advises that patients of all ages starting on
antidepressants should be "monitored appropriately and observed closely"
for worsening symptoms, suicidal thoughts or behaviors or unusual
changes in behavior. Still, any risks are small. For every 1,000
patients 18-24 treated with antidepressants, the FDA would expect there
would be five additional patients who have suicidal thoughts or exhibit
suicidal behavior, said Dr. Thomas Laughren, who oversees psychiatric
drugs for the FDA.
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antidepressants/default.htm. . .
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DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACKS IN HOSPITALS 'HALVED'
BBC - Heart attack deaths after hospital admission have halved Deaths
from severe heart attacks after hospital admission have nearly halved in
six years, a study shows. The international team, which studied 44,372
patients in 14 countries, found that death rates fell from 8.4% to 4.5%
between 1999 and 2006.
Treatments such as angioplasty to unblock arteries and anti-clotting
drugs were the key, the Journal of the American Medical Association
reported. They also led to less heart failure and fewer repeat heart
attacks and strokes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6612215.stm
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FDA FINALLY ADMITS ANTI-DEPRESSANT - VIOLENCE CONNECTION, SORT OF
[This appears to be the FDA backing into the anti-depressant - violence
connection which it has steadfastly ignored. Suicide is a convenient
euphemism for violence that avoids dealing with the number of young
people on anti-depressants who have killed others before themselves. As
we have pointed out, risk percentages are misleading in the case of
drugs that 24 million people are using. Five suicidal and/or violent
students on a campaign where 1,000 are on the drugs can still cause a
lot of trouble and deaths]
AP - Young adults face an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and
behavior when they first begin taking antidepressants and should be
warned about the danger, federal health officials said Wednesday. The
Food and Drug Administration asked makers of the drugs to expand its
warning labels to include adults age 18-24. The labels already include
similar warnings for children and adolescents. Eli Lilly and Co., the
maker of Prozac, Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other
pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA's request.
. . . The FDA advises that patients of all ages starting on
antidepressants should be "monitored appropriately and observed closely"
for worsening symptoms, suicidal thoughts or behaviors or unusual
changes in behavior. Still, any risks are small. For every 1,000
patients 18-24 treated with antidepressants, the FDA would expect there
would be five additional patients who have suicidal thoughts or exhibit
suicidal behavior, said Dr. Thomas Laughren, who oversees psychiatric
drugs for the FDA.
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antidepressants/default.htm. . .
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DEATHS FROM HEART ATTACKS IN HOSPITALS 'HALVED'
BBC - Heart attack deaths after hospital admission have halved Deaths
from severe heart attacks after hospital admission have nearly halved in
six years, a study shows. The international team, which studied 44,372
patients in 14 countries, found that death rates fell from 8.4% to 4.5%
between 1999 and 2006.
Treatments such as angioplasty to unblock arteries and anti-clotting
drugs were the key, the Journal of the American Medical Association
reported. They also led to less heart failure and fewer repeat heart
attacks and strokes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6612215.stm
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