Friday, February 18, 2005

Journal Raises Fresh Concerns Over Antidepressants 

Note: Fish Oil, St. John's Wort, and a good multi-vitamin!

People taking popular Prozac-type antidepressants may be twice as likely to attempt suicide than those on placebo and the risks are particularly high early in treatment, according to research released on Friday.
The British Medical Journal, which published results from three studies on selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), said the findings underlined the need for caution in using the medicines.
'How many people who turned to 'happy pills' would not have done so if they had been fully aware of the potential harm?' acting editor Kamran Abbasi wrote in an editorial.
Journal Raises Fresh Concerns Over Antidepressants

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