Thursday, August 07, 2003

Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs
Front page feature article in today's New York Times - "Warnings by drug regulators about the safety of Paxil, one of the world's most prescribed antidepressants, are reopening seemingly settled questions about a whole class of drugs that also includes Prozac and Zoloft. Doctors are just beginning to react to the finding — reported first by British drug authorities in June and then endorsed the next week by the Food and Drug Administration — that unpublished studies about Paxil show that it carries a substantial risk of prompting teenagers and children to consider suicide." [Viewing New York Times resources requires registration, which is free].