The British Medical Journal said last week that it had given the U.S. Food and Drug Administration documents that suggest a link between Prozac, made by Eli Lilly, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The documents are believed to have gone missing during a controversial case more than 10 years ago.
According to the BMJ, the “missing […]

Antidepressant drugs like Paxil, Zoloft and Prozac may cause some children and adolescents to have suicidal thoughts and actions, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said on Monday.
“I think that we now all believe that there is an increase in suicidal thinking and action that is consistent across all the drugs,’ Dr. Robert Temple, director […]

Some antidepressants may actually do more harm than good to depressed children, according to an analysis of unpublished data that pharmaceutical companies may have been hiding from the public.
The study, published in the April issue of the British medical journal The Lancet, reviewed both published data and unpublished data on the effects of antidepressants and […]

Eli Lilly and Co. said yesterday the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania is investigating its marketing and promotional practices of certain drugs.
The company said it believes the drugs involved include its schizophrenia drug Zyprexa, its former blockbuster antidepressant drug Prozac, and its osteoporosis drug Evista.
The Indianapolis drug maker said it the outcome of the investigation […]

Adult and children on antidepressants should be closely monitored for an increase in depression or the emergence of suicidal thoughts, the Food and Drug Administration said today in a Public Health Advisory.
FDA asked drug makers today to change the labels of 10 antidepressants to include stronger warnings stating that patients taking the drugs can […]

Eli Lilly and Co. has settled out of court a Prozac suicide case brought by the parents of a 16-year-old boy who hung himself in 1999 after taking the anti-depression drug to treat the neurological condition Tourette’s syndrome. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.
Lilly settled the case after the judge rejected a motion from […]