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...British regulatory agency just broadened an earlier warning to include four more SSRIs that should not be prescribed to children because the risk of suicidal thoughts may outweigh the benefits. (Only Prozac was deemed O.K. for kids.) In the U.S. a similar warning is in place for the drug Paxil. Meanwhile, health officials on both sides of the pond advise that young patients should be weaned from these drugs only under medical supervision...
...help him retire early, but meanwhile "I was off six months, and you have to have a job." He has no memory of the drowning dream described by his wife. Unlike most of the other eight miners, several of whom claim to be depressed and/or on Paxil, he says he sees no psychiatrists and takes no sedatives. Not that he disparages the others' requirements or choices. He looks up at the photo. "All nine of us will be friends forever," he says. "It's just that everybody needs to make their own decision about what they need in life...
...Paxil, one of the world's most widely prescribed antidepressants, should not be given to any patient under age 18 suffering major depression, according to a British government report. The decision was based on research by the drug's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, which found that youngsters taking Paxil (sold in Britain and elsewhere as Seroxat) experienced a higher incidence of suicidal thoughts than did patients taking a placebo. The FDA is reviewing the data under political pressure to issue its own recommendations. Untreated depression too often leads to suicide, the third most common cause of death among adolescents, but doctors...
...your item on the fifth anniversary of Viagra [YOUR TIME, Jan. 20]: When I asked my doctor if Viagra was compatible with taking the antidepressant Paxil, he said it was. And the beautiful part, he added, is that if the Viagra doesn't work when you are using Paxil, you don't care! BRIAN J. MULHERIN Augusta...
...conscious in these days of Paxil, Prozac and Dr. Phil is to question one's own sanity on an almost weekly basis. Self-diagnosis is a tricky business, especially when it comes to the mind. Still, with all the memoirs of addiction and depression and the countless websites devoted to mental health, it's more tempting than ever to lie down on the couch and ask, "Am I normal...