Paxil Suicide and Addiction Side Effects Lawsuit

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06/04/04 - Thirty Utah Residents Join Suits Against Paxil Makers

AP -

 

Thirty Utah residents joined 4,000 people nationwide in suing the makers of the

popular anti-depressant Paxil.

 

06/03/04 - Spitzer Says Glaxo Withheld Paxil Info

USA TODAY - Kathleen Fackelmann

 

A leading drug company withheld information and misled doctors about the safety

of treating kids with Paxil, a widely used antidepressant, says a lawsuit filed

Wednesday by the New York state attorney general's office.

 

06/03/04 - Glaxo Accused of Hiding Drug Defects

Australian Financial Review -

 

Aggressive New York State Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer is suing drug giant

GlaxoSmithKline over alleged fraudulent research, adding to the woes of the

global pharmaceutical industry.

 

06/03/04 - New York State Official Sues Drug Maker Over Test Data

New York Times - GARDINER HARRIS

 

In a novel claim testing the way that the $400 billion worldwide pharmaceutical

industry is regulated, the New York State attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, sued

the British-based drug giant GlaxoSmithKline yesterday, accusing the company of

fraud in concealing negative information about its popular antidepressant

medicine Paxil.

 

06/02/04 - NY Attorney General Sues GlaxoSmithKline on Paxil

Reuters - Toni Clarke

 

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Wednesday he has sued British

drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc, claiming fraud over its antidepressant drug

Paxil.

 

06/02/04 - New York AG Files Suit Against GlaxoSmithKline

Raleigh Triangle Business Journal -

 

The New York Attorney General's Office filed suit Wednesday against

GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that the pharmaceutical giant concealed efficacy and

safety issues concerning the use of the company's antidepressant medication

Paxil in children.

 

06/02/04 - GlaxoSmithKline Hit by Lawsuit

www.thestreet.com - Robert Straus

 

New York State's attorney general Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday he was suing

U.K.-based GlaxoSmithKline for allegedly concealing information about the

antidepressant drug Paxil.

 

06/02/04 - N.Y. State Sues Glaxo Over Use of Paxil

AP - Theresa Agovino

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC committed fraud by withholding negative information and

misrepresenting data on prescribing its antidepressant Paxil to children,

according to a lawsuit filed today by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

 

06/02/04 - New York Sues Maker of Antidepressant Drug Paxil

New York Times - KENNETH N. GILPIN

 

The New York State attorney general accused the British drug giant

GlaxoSmithKline of consumer fraud today, asserting that the company had withheld

negative information and misrepresented data about the efficacy and safety of

prescribing the antidepressant drug Paxil to children.

 

05/27/04 - Harvard Mental Health Letter Reports on the Link Between

Antidepressant Treatment and Increased Risk of Suicide

PR Newswire -

 

Depression is a serious illness that increases the risk of suicide. This March,

the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory in response to a possible connection

between the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) and thoughts of suicide or

self-destructive behavior in some teens and children.

 

05/01/04 - 4 Antidepressants A Danger To Kids, British Study Says

Shankar VedantamWashington Post

 

Four popular antidepressants being used to treat thousands of depressed American

children are unsafe, ineffective or both, according to the first careful

scientific review to include all available studies, including negative data that

has long been withheld from public scrutiny by the pharmaceutical industry.

 

04/07/04 - Antidepressant Warning Labels Are Long Overdue

www.thebatt.com - Lindsay Orman

 

People constantly ignore warnings on cigarettes, alcohol and even parachutes,

accepting the potential danger of death associated with using such products in

return for certain benefits. Not to include these warnings on the basis that

they might scare someone away from use would be irresponsible and dangerous.

 

04/06/04 - Use of Antidepressants By Children Rises Sharply

Newsday - Roni Rabin

 

The use of antidepressants in children increased about 10 percent a year from

1998 to 2002, with a far greater increase among girls than boys, a new study

says.

 

03/31/04 - Survey Reveals Antidepressant Drug Users 5-Times More Likely to

Consider Suicide; 57% Continue to Suffer from Depression

PRNEWSWIRE -

 

 

 

03/23/04 - FDA TO DRUGMAKERS: Suicide Warning Urged

Amid reports raising worries about teens on antidepressants, agency seeks

tougher wording on the labels

NEWSDAY - JAMIE TALAN

 

Federal regulators yesterday asked pharmaceutical companies to strengthen the

wording on labels on 10 antidepressants to warn the drugs may heighten risk of

suicide.

 

03/23/04 - New Warning Urged On Antidepressants

Alert Would Address Suicidal Tendencies

Washington Post - Shankar Vedantam

 

The Food and Drug Administration urged drugmakers yesterday to put new warning

labels on popular antidepressant medications, including Paxil, Zoloft and Luvox,

alerting doctors and consumers to watch for suicidal tendencies, hostility and

agitation in patients taking the drugs.

 

03/23/04 - Suicide Caution Urged For Pills

The FDA said patients taking popular antidepressants should be closely monitored

Orlando Sentinel - Robyn Shelton

 

Millions of Americans using antidepressants should be watched closely for

suicidal tendencies and the popular medications should carry stronger warnings,

the government told drug makers Monday.

 

03/23/04 - Caution Urged In Use of Drugs For Depression

PATIENTS SHOULD WATCH FOR SIGNS OF SUICIDE, OTHER ILLS

San Jose Mercury News - April Lynch

 

Millions of patients taking popular antidepressants need close watching for the

warning signs of suicide or other serious mental health problems, especially

when the powerful drugs are first started or their dosage is changed, federal

health officials cautioned Monday.

 

03/23/04 - FDA Urges Caution On Prozac, 9 Others

Doctors are told to watch anti-depressant patients for suicidal thoughts;

Stronger warning labels advised

Baltimore Sun - Julie Bell

 

The Food and Drug Administration told doctors yesterday to carefully monitor

patients on 10 popular anti-depressants for suicidal thoughts and asked

manufacturers to add the warning to drug labels.

 

03/23/04 - FDA Puts Depression Drugs On Watch List

Suicide fears spur agency's warning

Star Ledger - Ed Silverman

 

The Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday that anyone taking 10 popular

antidepressants should be closely monitored for signs of suicidal thoughts or

behavior.

 

03/22/04 - FDA Issues Warning on Antidepressants

Possible Suicide, Severe Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks in Children and

Adults

WEBMD - Jeanie Lerche Davis

 

The FDA is issuing a warning about the possibility of worsening depression or

suicidal thoughts in people, particularly children, who take 10 popular

antidepressants, especially at the beginning of treatment or when the doses are

increased or decreased.

 

03/22/04 - FDA Says Antidepressant Patients Need Watching

Reuters - Susan Heavey

 

Patients taking anti-depressants, including children and teenagers, should be

closely monitored for signs of worsening depression and suicidal thoughts, U.S.

health authorities said on Monday.

 

03/22/04 - FDA Urges Monitoring For Suicidal Behavior Among Antidepressant Users

AP - Lauran Neergaard

 

Doctors who prescribe some popular antidepressants should monitor their patients

closely for warning signs of suicide, especially when they first start the pills

or change a dose, the government warned Monday.

 

03/22/04 - U.S. Issues Antidepressant Warning

Los Angeles Times - Elizabeth Shogren

 

The government today told the makers of 10 popular antidepressants to add to

their labels the warning that people who take them should be monitored for

suicidal behavior.

 

03/21/04 - Antidepressants Probed

Los Angeles Times - Elizabeth Shogren

 

A popular honors student who played on his varsity high school basketball and

baseball teams in rural Washington state, Corey Baadsgaard nevertheless would

come home complaining that no one liked him.

 

03/18/04 - More Concern On Antidepressants In Children

As FDA Considers Their Place, Antidepressant Use Skyrockets Among Italian Youths

WEBMD - Sid Kirchheimer

 

The increasing use of antidepressants in children and associated worry among

some is not unique to the U.S. Italian health officials are the latest to

express worry over kids being prescribed these drugs.

 

02/18/04 - Paxil Memo Raises Questions

Firm worried trial data disclosure would hurt antidepressant sales

The Star-Ledger - ED SILVERMAN

 

The maker of a popular antidepressant, which British authorities banned last

year for use in children, knew the drug wasn't effective but didn't publish

studies because sales could be hurt, according to an internal memo.

 

02/17/04 - Potential Suicide Link to New Antidepressant

AP -

 

Nearly a fifth of the volunteers testing a new antidepressant for Eli Lilly and

Co. have dropped out since the suicide of one of the participants, the drug

maker said.

 

02/15/04 - Giving Antidepressants To Children May Not Work, FDA Says

Knight Ridder Newspapers - CHRIS ADAMS and ALISON YOUNG

 

As U.S. regulators debate whether a popular class of antidepressant drugs causes

suicidal behavior in children, their review is also raising questions about

whether the drugs are effective.

 

02/12/04 - Student, 19, in Trial of New Antidepressant Commits Suicide

New York Times - GARDINER HARRIS

 

A 19-year-old college student who had shown no outward signs of depression

killed herself over the weekend at an Eli Lilly & Company laboratory in

Indianapolis where she had been participating in a company drug trial for an

experimental antidepressant.

 

02/06/04 - Prescription For Suicide?

British authorities say some antidepressants can be deadly for kids. Now the FDA

is investigating

Time - MICHAEL D. LEMONICK

 

Kara Jaye-Anne Otter, 12, had been on the antidepressant Paxil for seven months

when she committed suicide. " I was told the worst side effects would be flulike

symptoms, " recalls her mother, Shannon Baker. " But after three weeks she had

begun to cop an attitude. Her grades started falling. Then she didn't care what

she looked like, and she was fighting with everybody. " Baker says her daughter

developed rashes and dark circles under her eyes and had trouble sleeping. Then,

on June 7, 2001, Kara pinned a note to her chest reading, " By the time you find

me I'll be dead. I love you with all my heart. Don't worry, Jesus is with me. "

She hooked a bungee cord onto a plate hanger on the wall, wrapped the cord

around her neck and pulled against it until she passed out. Within minutes she

was dead.

 

02/05/04 - Lawmaker Seeks Release of Antidepressant Data

The Star-Ledger -

 

A congressional lawmaker wants four big drug makers to provide unpublished

clinical trial data about their antidepressant pills.

 

02/05/04 - Drug Report Barred By FDA

Scientist links antidepressants to suicide in kids

San Francisco Chronicle - Rob Waters

 

A scientist at the Food and Drug Administration has been barred from publicly

presenting his finding that several leading antidepressants may increase the

risk of suicidal behaviors among children, according to sources inside the FDA.

 

02/04/04 - Ottawa Warns of Suicide Risk For Teens On Anti-Depressants

www.globeandmail.com - ANDRÉ PICARD

 

Mounting concerns over the safety of prescribing a new generation of

anti-depressants to children and teenagers has prompted Health Canada to issue a

rare public warning to reconsider their use because the popular drugs may

actually increase the risk of suicide.

 

02/03/04 - Government Advisers Seek Stronger Antidepressant Warning

Reuters - Lisa Richwine

 

U.S. government advisers on Monday urged regulators to issue stronger warnings

about possible risks of suicidal behavior among children and teenagers taking

antidepressant drugs.

 

02/03/04 - Stronger Warning Urged on Antidepressants for Teenagers

New York Times - ERICA GOODE

 

A scientific advisory panel urged the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to

issue stronger warnings to doctors now about the possible risks to children of a

newer generation of antidepressant drugs, rather than wait until the agency's

review of the drugs was completed.

 

02/02/04 - FDA To Hear Views On Drugs' Suicide Link

Boston Globe - Carey Goldberg

 

After her 11-year-old son began taking the antidepressant Lexapro this summer,

Yvette Prayor of Worcester found herself pacing the floors at night.

 

02/02/04 - Debating The Risks of Giving Antidepressants To Children

AP - Lauran Neergaard

 

Parents of children with depression must sort through an emotionally charged

controversy in deciding on treatment: Do popular adult antidepressants sometimes

increase the risk of suicide when they're given to children?

 

02/02/04 - Antidepressant Use by Moms-To-Be May Affect Baby

Reuters -

 

Certain antidepressants taken by mothers during pregnancy can lead to disturbed

behavior in their offspring, according to the results of a small study.

 

02/01/04 - Suits Claim Makers of Antidepressants Hid Risk of Kids' Use

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Ed Silverman

 

Four years ago, Michelle Van Syckel was losing weight and having trouble

adjusting to her new school.

 

01/04/04 - A Suicide Side Effect?

What parents aren't being told about their kids' antidepressants

San Francisco Chronicle - Rob Waters

 

For 16-year-old Angela Reich*, 2002 was a year of hell. First, the Palo Alto

teenager was diagnosed with a rare form of highly aggressive cancer. Then she

went through months of debilitating chemotherapy that made her nauseous, caused

her hair to fall out and kept her in bed for much of her last year of high

school. She handled it all with unflappable poise and good humor until it seemed

she was out of the woods. But the worst began when she started taking the

antidepressant Paxil.

 

00/01/04 - Report Links Drug To Crash

The Ledger -

 

Investigators say a pilot's high dose of a prescription anti-depressant may have

played a role in the fatal 2002 crash of his experimental airplane.

 

12/31/03 - Pittman Trial Likely To Start In February

The Herald - Jason Cato

 

t's been more than two years since Christopher Pittman was charged as a pre-teen

with killing his grandparents in rural Chester County. His trial is tentatively

scheduled to begin Feb. 23.

 

12/16/03 - British Ignite Debate in U.S. on Drugs and Suicide

New York Times - ERICA GOODE

 

Many American psychiatrists were taken by surprise last week when British drug

regulators told doctors to stop writing prescriptions for all but one of a newer

generation of antidepressant drugs to treat depressed children under 18.

 

12/15/03 - Antidepressants Harmful for Kids

Ivanhoe Newswire -

 

British drug regulators have recommended against the use of the majority of

antidepressants in children younger than age 18.

 

12/12/03 - British Officials Say Most Antidepressants Put Kids At Risk

AP - Audrey Woods

 

British drug regulators warned Wednesday that common antidepressants other than

Prozac should not be prescribed to children because of a risk that the drugs

could make young patients suicidal.

 

12/11/03 - Warning On Antidepressants

British agency: For children, risks exceed rewards

Washington Post - Shankar Vedantam

 

British health authorities warned doctors yesterday against prescribing most

newer antidepressant drugs to children, saying the benefits of popular

medications such as Zoloft, Celexa, and Lexapro are outweighed by the risks of

triggering suicidal thoughts, self-injury, and agitation.

 

12/06/03 - Man Not Liable for Suicide of His Wife, Lawyers Say

New York Times - ALISON LEIGH COWAN

 

Lawyers for the Norwalk man whose wife committed suicide two years ago with a

gun he left by her bedside said Friday that their client " may have made a

supreme error in judgment " but was in no way liable for her death.

 

12/03/03 - Lawsuit Targets Maker of Paxil

65 Coloradans say they weren't told of withdrawal risk

Rocky Mountain News - Karen Abbott

 

Sixty-five Coloradans sued the maker of the antidepressant Paxil in federal

court Friday, claiming the company failed to warn them that the drug can produce

dependency, addiction and painful withdrawal symptoms.

 

12/01/03 - National Program To Discuss Pittman Case

Talk show to broadcast program about children and antidepressant medication

Rock Hill Herald - Jason Cato

 

Discussion of a Chester County boy facing double murder charges and a possible

link to antidepressant medication as the culprit will be heard across the

country tonight.

 

11/04/03 - Caution: Kids on Antidepressants

NEWSDAY - Jamie Talan

 

The Food and Drug Administration is advising doctors to be cautious when

prescribing antidepressants for children after the agency began analyzing drug

company reports suggesting that there may be a possible link between the drugs

and self-harm.

 

11/03/03 - Drug Promotions Woo Doctors to Use Unapproved Drugs

The Ledger - CHRIS ADAMS & ALISON YOUNG

 

Dr. Gary Murray, a cardiologist, was faced with a common medical dilemma: He had

no idea what was wrong with his patient.

 

10/31/03 - FDA: Paxil, Zoloft Not For Kids

Antidepressants May Cause Violence In Some Children

www.wesh.com -

 

A Central Florida man will be a prime witness during an upcoming government

hearing on antidepressants.

 

10/28/03 - Doctors Alerted On Antidepressants, Children

Possible risk for suicides needs study, FDA says

The Baltimore Sun - Julie Bell

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted doctors yesterday to a possible

increased suicide risk among children and teen-agers taking several of the eight

most common antidepressants. But the agency said more study is needed to

determine whether the drugs are at fault.

 

10/28/03 - F.D.A. Intensely Reviews Depression Drugs

The New York Times - GARDINER HARRIS

 

The Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory yesterday that

makes clear that the agency has grown increasingly skeptical that there is any

link between antidepressant use and the risk of suicide in teenagers and

children.

 

10/28/03 - Antidepressants May Not Decrease Suicide Risk

www.badgerherald.com - Caley Meals

 

Approximately 18.8 million American adults age 18 and older have a depressive

disorder, according to Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

 

10/28/03 - Youth Suicide, Antidepressant Link Explored

The Washington Post - MARC KAUFMAN

 

Concerned about studies that showed antidepressant drugs may be leading some

youths to suicidal activity, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a

public health advisory telling doctors to be especially careful in prescribing

them.

 

10/27/03 - Beware of Suicide with Depression Drugs - FDA

Reuters -

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted doctors on Monday about reports

that antidepressants might raise the risk of suicide in children and teen-agers

with major depression.

 

10/27/03 - Doctors Continue Antidepressant Prescriptions Despite Warning

CBC News, Canada -

 

Last summer's warnings of the dangerous side effects of certain antidepressants

on teenagers haven't stopped Canadian doctors from prescribing them.

 

10/20/03 - Antidepressant Drug Paxil Poses Suicide Risk To Young

www.japantoday.com -

 

The health ministry has learned that a widely prescribed antidepressant drug

raises the risk of suicide by seriously depressed children at puberty, ministry

and industry officials said Monday.

 

10/18/03 - Woman Sues Over Drug

The Register Citizen - TRACY KENNEDY

 

An area woman is suing the maker of Paxil, an antidepressant, in the death of

her husband in 2001.

 

10/03/03 - Michigan Police Officer's Family Sues Lilly Over Suicide

AP -

 

A Michigan woman who blames her husband's suicide on Prozac has filed a lawsuit

claiming that Eli Lilly & Co. should have warned patients that some people's

bodies cannot metabolize the drug's active ingredient.

 

09/25/03 - Trial May Begin Soon In Double Slayings

Chester boy's case was on hold for two years

The Herald - Jason Cato

 

After nearly two years in legal limbo, the case of a Chester boy charged with

the double murder of his grandparents could soon go to trial.

 

09/19/03 - Britain Says Under-18s Should Not Take Wyeth Drug

Reuters -

 

Children under the age of 18 should not take Wyeth's anti-depression drug

Effexor, British drug safety experts said on Friday.

 

09/19/03 - Are Antidepressants Addictive?

Psychology Today Magazine - Tiffany Kary

 

The pain and nausea some people feel when they stop taking certain

antidepressants is spurring controversy over whether these drugs should carry

explicit warning labels about withdrawal.

 

09/18/03 - State Stops Giving Effexor To Children Under DCF Care

AP -

 

The state Department of Children and Families will no longer give children in

its care the anti-depressant drug Effexor because of a possible link to

increased suicide rates.

 

09/12/03 - Study Links Suicidal Thoughts To Drugs

www.canada.com - Sharon Kirkey

 

For the second time in as many months, Canadian doctors will be warned that a

widely used anti-depressant has been linked with a possible increased risk of

suicidal thinking in children.

 

08/26/03 - DCF, Pharmaceutical Company To Discuss Paxil Ban

State Agency Was First Public Agency To Stop Using Drug

www.nbc30.com -

 

The maker of the anti-depressant Paxil plans to meet this week with Connecticut

officials, weeks after the state stopped using the drug to treat young people in

its care.

 

08/25/03 - DCF, Glaxo To Discuss Paxil Ban

Hartford Courant - DAVE ALTIMARI And JACK DOLAN,

 

The British company that makes the antidepressant Paxil is sending its regional

medical director to Connecticut this week to discuss the state's six-month ban

of the drug for children in its care.

 

08/20/03 - Paxil Can Drive Young People To Despair, Suicide

Economic Times - VITHAL C NADKARNI

 

Since June, Paxil, one of the world’s most prescribed anti-depressants, has been

put out of bounds for people who are under 18, after a study conducted by

GlaxoSmithKline, the British manufacturer of the drug, showed that it may spark

off suicidal thoughts in young people.

 

08/07/03 - Depressants, Sucide Link Revisited

New York Times - Gardiner Harris

 

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.

 

08/05/03 - Can A Popular Antidepressant Cause Teenage Suicide?

Boston Globe - Katherine Lutz

 

Michelle Van Syckel was one of those teenagers who did everything played the

clarinet and basketball, loved to travel, was an honor-roll student for five

years. But, after moving to a new town, Van Syckel had trouble making friends,

became irritable, and eventually stopped eating.

 

08/02/03 - Safety of Antidepressant Drugs Questioned

St. Joseph News Press - ALONZO WESTON

 

Concerns about side effects from popular anti-depressants such as Paxil and

Zoloft have some questioning the safety of the prescription drugs.

 

08/01/03 - FDA Statement Regarding The Anti-Depressant Paxil for Pediatric

Population

Doctor's Guide, NY -

 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing reports of a possible

increased risk of suicidal thinking and suicide attempts in children and

adolescents under the age of 18 treated with the drug Paxil for major depressive

disorder (MDD). Although the FDA has not completed its evaluation of the new

safety data, FDA is recommending that Paxil not be used in children and

adolescents for the treatment of MDD.

 

07/29/03 - Paxil - Is It Safe for Children?

PR Newswire -

 

The UK's Committee on Safety of Medicines recently issued a " Dear Colleague "

letter advising physicians not to use paroxetine (Paxil), a selective serotonin

reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), to treat children and adolescents with depression.

 

07/17/03 - Paxil Warning Given To Teens

The Canadian Press -

 

Canada has followed in the footsteps of the United States and Britain,

instructing doctors and parents that children under 18 shouldn't take a popular

anti-depressant because it appears to trigger suicidal thoughts in some

adolescent users.

 

07/14/03 - Paxil Brings Suicidal Thoughts

www.psychologytoday.com - Thomas Sexton

 

America's most-prescribed antidepressant may kick off suicidal thoughts and

self-harm in young people, says the drug manufacturer. A recent study by

GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug company that produces Paxil, has led British

officials to recommend that doctors refrain from prescribing it to children

under 18.

 

07/14/03 - DCF Will Discontinue Use of Paxil For Depressed Youth

AP -

 

The state Department of Children and Families plans to stop using Paxil to treat

depressed young people because of warnings about severe negative effects for

children, the Journal Inquirer of Manchester reported.

 

06/26/03 - Family Wants Kids Off Paxil

Manufacturer sued after brutal attack

Edmonton Sun - PAUL COWAN

 

Moves in Britain and the U.S. to stop a controversial antidepressant from being

given to children further support a lawsuit against the manufacturer launched by

a city family.

 

06/25/03 - Father: Drugs Played Role In Parents' Deaths

Suspect's dad fears son may stand trial as adult for murder of grandparents

The Herald - Jason Cato

 

The worst nightmare of his life began more than a year and a half ago, but Joe

D. Pittman's biggest fear may come true today.

 

06/25/03 - Certain Drugs Heighten Heat-Stroke Risks

St. Joseph News Press - ALONZO WESTON

 

Most people know when it’s hot enough to turn on the air conditioner. But some

common psychotropic drugs like Paxil and Thorazine can hinder a person’s ability

to discern between hot and cold. That difficulty puts them at greater risk of

suffering heat stroke when temperatures rise, health officials warn.

 

06/23/03 - U.S. Says Paxil May Pose Suicide Risk To Children

AP -

 

No one under age 18 should be prescribed the drug Paxil for major depression

because the adult antidepressant may increase a child's risk of suicide, the

U.S. government said.

 

06/21/03 - GSK To Yield Over Cases of Suicide

The Times - Mark Court

 

GLAXOSMITHKLINE, the world’s second largest drugs group, is expected to start

making out-of-court settlements in America in cases where patients taking the

antidepressant Paxil claim to have become suicidal.

 

06/20/03 - FDA: Possible Suicide In Kids Link With Paxil

Reuters -

 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned that patients under age

18 should not take GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant Paxil because of a possible

increased risk of suicidal impulses associated with the drug.

 

06/19/03 - FDA Cites Possible Suicide Link in Paxil

AP - LAURAN NEERGAARD

 

No one under age 18 should be prescribed the drug Paxil for major depression

because the adult anti-depressant may increase a child's risk of suicide, the

government said Thursday.

 

06/14/03 - Mom Wants 'SUICIDAL' Drug Banned

New York Post - Douglas Montero

 

June 14, 2003 -- A New Jersey mother whose daughter mutilated herself while on

the controversial anti-depressant drug Paxil called yesterday for a ban on its

use to treat children.

 

06/12/03 - British Warn Against Paxil For Children, Teens

Research Indicates Higher Risk In Youngsters

AP -

 

Children and adolescents should not be given the anti-depressant Paxil, British

health regulators said Tuesday after new research indicated that the risk of

suicidal thoughts and self harm is higher in youngsters taking the drug.

 

06/11/03 - British Regulators Warn Against Paxil For Kids

AP -

 

Children and adolescents should not be given the anti-depressant Paxil, British

health regulators said Tuesday after new research indicates that the risk of

suicidal thoughts and self harm is higher in youngsters taking the drug.

 

06/11/03 - Britain Warns of Paxil's Risk to Children

Washington Post - Shankar Vedantam

 

The British government warned doctors yesterday against prescribing the

antidepressant Paxil to children, spurring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

to confirm that it is conducting its own investigation into the safety of the

drug for younger patients.

 

06/11/03 - Britain Says Use of Paxil by Children Is Dangerous

New York Times - GARDINER HARRIS

 

British drug regulators warned yesterday that GlaxoSmithKline's popular

antidepressant Paxil causes depressed children to become more suicidal and

should not be prescribed for them.

 

06/04/03 - Tennesseans File Paxil Suit

Nashville City Paper, - Amanda Wardle

 

Nearly 40 Tennesseans have filed suit against pharmaceutical giant

GlaxoSmithKline, charging the company did not properly inform patients of

potential addictive side effects of the antidepressant drug Paxil.

 

06/01/03 - Prescription For Violence?

Gebauer case draws notice of group linking crime, antidepressants

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Joe Smydo

 

Looking to bolster a theory linking antidepressants to adolescent violence, a

group that studied the Columbine High School massacre has decided to follow the

John Gebauer murder case.

 

08/25/01 - Suit Filed Against Anti-Depressant Paxil

CNN -

 

Thirty-five people who say they suffered from " severe withdrawal reactions "

after taking the anti-depressant Paxil filed a class-action complaint against

the drug's maker Friday in California Superior Court.

 

06/07/01 - Paxil Judgment -- Do Killings Raise Drug-Safety Questions?

WebMD - Jeff Levine

 

In the wake of a Cheyenne, Wyo., jury's $8-million dollar award Wednesday, there

are new questions being asked about drugs to treat depression. The winners in

the historic case are relatives of a man who went on a shooting spree after

taking the drug Paxil.

 

05/25/00 - A Painful Withdrawal

20/20 -

 

CONNIE CHUNG, ABCNEWS Good evening and welcome to 20/20 FRIDAY. We begin with a

story you must not miss if you or people you care about are taking

anti-depressants. There are growing indications that for some people getting off

many of the most popular of these drugs can be a nightmare. While these drugs

can be a lifesaver, the experts say many unsuspecting people may face some kind

of withdrawal symptoms. Tonight, Dr. Nancy Snyderman introduces us to some

patients who were feeling so good they thought it was time to give up their

anti-depressants. They say they weren’t prepared for what would happen next.

 

00/00/00 - Are Antidepressants Addictive?

Claims that drug withdrawal leads to illness

www.psychologytoday.com - Tiffany Kary

 

The pain and nausea some people feel when they stop taking certain

antidepressants is spurring controversy over whether these drugs should carry

explicit warning labels about withdrawal.