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6/21/2006 6:14:00 AM | REM Sleep Behavior Disorder At Young Age Linked To Antidepressant ... 
=(0) Antidepressant use has been associated with development of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in people under age 50. This disorder results in acting out dreams in one's sleep, often in a defensive mode as if under attack. Researchers do not know if the medication causes the sleep disorder, if the depression itself is somehow related or if there is a...
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6/1/2006 5:32:00 AM | Suicide Risk in Children, Teens Taking Antidepressants May Have ... =(0) According to the Harvard Mental Health Letter, the reports of risk of suicide in children and adolescents taking antidepressant medication could be exaggerated. Despite the small statistical risk seen in some studies, the overall incidence of suicide in young people is sharply down since the new classes of antidepressants came on the market in...
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5/9/2006 9:27:00 PM | Herbs, Supplements Can Be Hazardous To Health =(0) With more and more people turning to herbal supplements and medecines, it's important to know that there can be interactions with other medications (prescribed or OTC) or alcohol. For instance, Gingko biloba, a popular memory-enhancing herb, may interact with certain blood-thinners to bring on severe bleeding or even stroke. St. John's Wo...
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5/1/2006 4:35:00 PM | SSRI antidepressants link to higher suicide risk in seniors =(0) A recent Canadian study suggests that people over the age of 65 who begin treatment with SSRI antidepressants such as Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft, have a higher risk of suicide but only during the first month of treatment. However doctors feel the potential benefits of treatment outweigh this risk, which can be balanced by close monitoring of pa...
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4/2/2006 5:14:00 AM | Prozac: Generic version is target of lawsuit =(0) Par Pharmaceutical, a company who makes a generic version of the anti-depressant drug, Prozac, is being sued by the widow of a man who committed suicide while on the drug. The patient allegedly suffered from side effects caused by the drug that made him hear voices and increased his suicidal thoughts and tendencies. This marks one of the first inci...
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3/23/2006 3:59:00 PM | Paxil Suicide Product Liability Class Action Filed By Wrongful =(0) Two adolescent victims of drug defects from the anti-depressant drug Paxil have filed a national class action lawsuit in Philadelphia against the drug company Glaxo SmithKline. Both young men were prescribed the drug and one committed suicide while on the drug while the other attempted suicide. These two defective drug victims represent all young p...
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3/14/2006 6:11:00 AM | Parents sue online pharmacy, doctor. =(0) Less than 10 days after purchasing an online prescription, a 19 year old Texas youth committed suicide, and the parents are suing the online pharmacy and the 'doctor' who prescribed the medication. John McKay logged into USAnetRX.com and filled out a questionaire. He then provided his credit card and received the medications in the mail a few days...
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3/11/2006 7:05:00 PM | Banned depression tablets are still being prescribed to thousands =(0) Because of a break down in the mental health services across the UK, general practitioners are prescribing SSRI inhibitors, like Paxil, to adolescents and youngsters even though the practice has been banned because of suicidal and other emotional drug side effects. Although Prozac is the only medication that has been deemed safe for children, drugs...
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3/11/2006 5:08:00 AM | Record notes medicine change =(0) A Charlotte man, being tried in the deaths of his twin five year old daughters was taking Prozac at the time of their death and will possibly use Prozac side effects as part of his defense. Recently, in February of 2006 the FDA recommended that Prozac and other medications routinely prescribed to children for depression or treatment of ADHD carry b...
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