LEXAPRO: 11 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide: Lawsuit: Utah

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[sSRI-Research] LEXAPRO: 11 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide:

Lawsuit: Utah

 

 

 

LEXAPRO: 11 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide: Lawsuit: Utah

 

 

Fourth News Item Reads: " -- Bloomberg News

 

" Forest Laboratories Inc. was sued by a Utah woman who blames the

suicide of her 11-year-old daughter on the company's antidepressant

Lexapro.

 

Rachel Caddy hanged herself from a tree behind her apartment in

Bountiful, Utah, on July 22, 2004, after taking Lexapro for several

weeks for depression and defiance toward authority figures, according

to a federal lawsuit filed Friday in Newark.

 

The suit is one of about 24 claiming that Lexapro or Celexa, another

antidepressant made by Forest, caused patients to attempt or commit

suicide. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered drug makers in

2004 to warn users of increased suicidal behavior by children who take

antidepressants. Charles Triano, a spokesman for New York-based

Forest, didn't immediately return phone calls and an e-mail seeking

comment. "

 

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