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Antidepressants could increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in people with depression under the age of 25. In 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the Neuro-Psychopharmacologic Advisory Committee and the Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, concluded that there was a causal link between newer antidepressants and pediatric suicidality. [7]
In the United States all antidepressants, including duloxetine carry a black box warning stating that antidepressants may increase the risk of suicide in persons younger than 25. This warning is based on statistical analyses conducted by two independent groups of FDA experts that found a 2-fold increase in the risk of suicidal ideation and ...
Serious side effects include serotonin syndrome, mania, seizures, an increased risk of suicidal behavior in people under 25 years old, and an increased risk of bleeding. [2] Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome is less likely to occur with fluoxetine than with other antidepressants, but it still happens in many cases.
Three studies reported increases in psychotropic drug poisonings, which suggest suicide attempts, and in suicide deaths among children. The effects of the warnings also spilled over to young ...
Severe side effects include an increased risk of suicide, mania, and serotonin syndrome. [9] Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome may occur if stopped. [ 9 ] A meta-analysis of randomized trials in depression found an increased rate of serious adverse events, particularly sexual dysfunction and anorexia, and several non-serious adverse efffects ...
A woman who said she has become severely suicidal during a year of being prescribed the same antidepressants as royal family member Thomas Kingston has issued a warning over their side effects.
Over two million prescriptions for paroxetine were written for children or adolescents in the US in 2002. [29]Funded by SmithKline Beecham, the acute phase of study 329 was an eight-week, double-blind, randomized clinical trial conducted in 12 university or hospital psychiatric departments in the United States and Canada between 1994 and 1997.
Serious side effects may include suicide in those under the age of 25, serotonin syndrome, bleeding, mania, and high blood pressure. [5] There is a high risk of withdrawal syndrome which may occur if the dose is decreased or the medication is completely stopped. [5] [8] It is unclear if use during pregnancy or breastfeeding is safe. [9]