FDA Urges Review of Epilepsy Drugs in Suicides

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[sSRI-Research] FDA Urges Review of Epilepsy Drugs in Suicides

 

 

 

American Psychological Association, Wed, 20 Apr 2005 4:35 AM PDT

 

FDA Urges Review of Epilepsy Drugs in Suicides

 

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The Food and Drug Administration has asked the makers of epilepsy

drugs, which are the fifth best-selling group of medications and are

taken by millions of Americans, to reexamine their data to determine if

the drugs increase patients' risk of suicide.