FDA to re-evaluate whether the drugs can cause adults to become suicidal, too. !

[Guest guest]

Meanwhile, top officials at the Food and Drug Administration have

decided to re-evaluate whether the drugs can cause adults to become

suicidal, too. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the agency's deputy commissioner

of operations, said in an interview that for years the F.D.A. had

largely evaluated the risk of suicide in adults by analyzing the

final outcomes of antidepressant trials. That analysis has shown no

link to suicide or suicidal behavior, she said.

But the agency identified the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior

in the trials involving teenagers and children by analyzing in a new

way the adverse-event information provided with the trials. The

agency is now gearing up to do the same thing in its adult trials, a

database that includes 234 tests with more than 40,000 patients.

" I think there might be more to be learned, based on what we learned

from the pediatric studies, " Ms. Woodcock said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/health/16depress.html

Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use

By GARDINER HARRIS

Published: September 16, 2004

[Guest guest]

Meanwhile, top officials at the Food and Drug Administration have

decided to re-evaluate whether the drugs can cause adults to become

suicidal, too. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the agency's deputy commissioner

of operations, said in an interview that for years the F.D.A. had

largely evaluated the risk of suicide in adults by analyzing the

final outcomes of antidepressant trials. That analysis has shown no

link to suicide or suicidal behavior, she said.

But the agency identified the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior

in the trials involving teenagers and children by analyzing in a new

way the adverse-event information provided with the trials. The

agency is now gearing up to do the same thing in its adult trials, a

database that includes 234 tests with more than 40,000 patients.

" I think there might be more to be learned, based on what we learned

from the pediatric studies, " Ms. Woodcock said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/health/16depress.html

Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use

By GARDINER HARRIS

Published: September 16, 2004

[Guest guest]

Meanwhile, top officials at the Food and Drug Administration have

decided to re-evaluate whether the drugs can cause adults to become

suicidal, too. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the agency's deputy commissioner

of operations, said in an interview that for years the F.D.A. had

largely evaluated the risk of suicide in adults by analyzing the

final outcomes of antidepressant trials. That analysis has shown no

link to suicide or suicidal behavior, she said.

But the agency identified the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior

in the trials involving teenagers and children by analyzing in a new

way the adverse-event information provided with the trials. The

agency is now gearing up to do the same thing in its adult trials, a

database that includes 234 tests with more than 40,000 patients.

" I think there might be more to be learned, based on what we learned

from the pediatric studies, " Ms. Woodcock said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/health/16depress.html

Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use

By GARDINER HARRIS

Published: September 16, 2004

[Guest guest]

Meanwhile, top officials at the Food and Drug Administration have

decided to re-evaluate whether the drugs can cause adults to become

suicidal, too. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the agency's deputy commissioner

of operations, said in an interview that for years the F.D.A. had

largely evaluated the risk of suicide in adults by analyzing the

final outcomes of antidepressant trials. That analysis has shown no

link to suicide or suicidal behavior, she said.

But the agency identified the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior

in the trials involving teenagers and children by analyzing in a new

way the adverse-event information provided with the trials. The

agency is now gearing up to do the same thing in its adult trials, a

database that includes 234 tests with more than 40,000 patients.

" I think there might be more to be learned, based on what we learned

from the pediatric studies, " Ms. Woodcock said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/health/16depress.html

Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use

By GARDINER HARRIS

Published: September 16, 2004