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FDA’s Label Rule Criticized As Youth Suicides Increase

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Experts Suggest Link Between Warnings and Startling New Trend
Suicide rates for preteens and teenagers increased sharply when the Food and Drug Administration slapped a “black box” warning on anti-depressants and doctors started writing fewer prescriptions for young people, according to federal data released Thursday.
The FDA’s warning, publicly debated in 2003 and enacted in 2004, highlighted […]