Akron - A father has sued the company that manufactured an anti-depressant his two sons were taking when they committed suicide a year apart.
Mark Bibbee of Stow claims the drug Lexapro led his son David, 23, who had bipolar disorder, to shoot himself Feb. 19, 2003, at his home. He also believes the same drug […]
My daughter, 14, has just begun to menstruate. She suffers, like I did, from terrible PMT and becomes angry with everyone, gets excluded from school, and is violent and destructive at home. She winds up all the family to breaking point. Her parting shot is to go into her room, pull down all the furniture […]
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A University of Georgia study has found that three-quarters of people prescribed antidepressant drugs receive the medications for a reason not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
This practice, known as off-label prescribing, is legal and intended to give physicians the flexibility to prescribe the drugs that are best suited to their patients’ needs. […]
A NATIONAL support group for victims of child sex abuse wants convicted pedophiles to be prescribed Prozac in an attempt to stop them reoffending.
Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnson has urged Victorian authorities to adopt a controversial plan being introduced in Britain, where the antidepressant drug is expected to be used to treat up to 10 per […]
The FDA has asked manufacturers of certain types of antidepressants and migraine treatment medications to update the prescribing information to warn patients of a possible life-threatening interaction between the two types of drugs.
Patients taking selective serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs/SNRIs) to treat depression should be cautious when simultaneously taking migraine headache drugs known as triptans, as […]
A Charlotte bank executive accused of stabbing his twin five-year-old daughters to death in January has reportedly reached a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.
The Charlotte Observer reported David Crespi has agreed to plead guilty to murder and spend the rest of his life in prison.
Medical documents showed Crespi has a history of depression […]
The use of anti-depressants in children raises support and skepticism.
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a newer class of the drugs, are seen by most mainstream practitioners as a godsend that can potentially transform, even save, lives. But to many critics, too often they become a matter of convenience: pills unduly and undeservedly pushed as panacea.
Pediatric prescriptions […]
A recent study revealed the anti-depressant drug fluoxetine was not successful in helping patients with anorexia nervosa avoid relapse.
The study participants included 93 anorexic women, between ages 16 to 45, who had regained their weight to a minimum body mass index (BMI) of 19. The women were randomly chosen to receive fluoxetine or placebo for […]
Asked how often he confers with his boss at Eli Lilly and Co., General Counsel Robert A. Armitage replies dryly, “Probably more than he likes.�
Armitage, 58, heads Lilly’s 230-person legal division, which in this litigation-happy age plays a role as critical to Lilly’s fate as its scientists or sales force.
In the drug industry, where defending […]
Authorities said that a father in Georgia attempted to sue the Campbell Soup Co. by allegedly poisoning his children’ soup. He has been indicted on tampering and fraud charges. The children, a 3-year-old boy and his 18-month sister were taken to the hospital three times in January.
Investigators say that the man in question used Prozac […]