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New data show Paxil may increase suicide risk in children.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-OCT-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Doctors should not prescribe Paxil to treat depression in children and adolescents, the FDA announced recently. The recommendation follows reports by British researchers that data from unpublished studies of the drug showed an increased risk of suicide among patients under 18. Both the FDA and the U.K Department of Health have promised further study of the issue, including whether the drug causes the same reaction in adults.

Paxil (paroxetine, marketed as Seroxat in Britain) is one of a class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin...

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