Some antidepressants may actually do more harm than good to depressed children, according to an analysis of unpublished data that pharmaceutical companies may have been hiding from the public.
The study, published in the April issue of the British medical journal The Lancet, reviewed both published data and unpublished data on the effects of antidepressants and […]

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has issued a “Dear Doctor” letter to health professionals warning them that its antidepressant drug Effexor (venlafaxine) is not effective in treating depression in children and teenagers. Recent studies have found increased reports of “hostility and suicide-related adverse events,” such as thinking about suicide and self-harm, among children and teens taking Effexor.
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A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association confirmed what psychiatrists have assumed - that patients who recovered from depression with drug treatment were less likely to avoid recurrences if they took the drug for two years instead of tapering off after a few months.
The subjects of the study had previously suffered […]