Paxil May Cause Suicidal Thoughts
Drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline recently concluded that its antidepressant Paxil may cause adults with major depression to become more suicidal. The report was based on 57 trials of Paxil for different psychiatric illnesses, involving a total of nearly 15,000 patients. A spokesperson for GlaxoSmithKline said that scientific evidence does not prove that the key ingredient in Paxil, paroxetine, causes suicide, suicide attempts, self-harm or suicidal thinking. However, she stressed that the new study may cause reason for concern: “Nonetheless, all patients …
Continue →Prozac and Paxil Can Cause Breast Feeding Problems, New Study Says
Taking Prozac, Paxil, or other antidepressants from the class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can cause delays in lactation in new mothers and difficulty in breast-feeding newborns, a new study says.
Continue →Paxil, Other Depression and Anxiety Drugs Can Boost Preterm Labor Risks
Women who take the depression drugs Zoloft, Paxil, and Prozac or anti-anxiety pills Xanax and Ativan later in pregnancy may be more likely to deliver their babies early or have other birth complications, a new study finds. About 2,800 women in Washington took part in the study, which determined mothers-to-be who started taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the second or third trimesters had a higher risk of preterm birth compared to women not on the drugs, according to …
Continue →Paxil Costs Maker $1 Billion in Damages
Paxil became a blockbuster antidepressant drug after it debuted in 1993, but it turns out the amount its maker, GlaxoSmithKline, has already paid out to patients and others injured by the drug also is approaching the one-billion-dollar mark.
Continue →Older Antidepressants Cause More Suicidal Thoughts Than Newer Drugs, Researchers Say
Men taking older tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are nearly 10 times more likely to experience suicidal thoughts and other side effects compared to patients taking newer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs) like Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft, new research finds.
Continue →Glaxo Ordered to Pay $2.5 Million for Paxil Birth Defects
The makers of the antidepressant Paxil must pay $2.5 million to the family of a boy who was born with severe heart-related birth defects after his mother took the drug during pregnancy, a Philadelphia jury has ruled.
Continue →Paxil Birth Defects Trial Now in Jury’s Hands
The first of more than 600 lawsuits claiming the makers of the antidepressant Paxil hid evidence that its drug caused birth defects in order to boost profits is now in the hands of a Philadelphia jury.
Continue →Antidepressant Paxil Linked to Heart-Related Birth Defects
Women who take the popular antidepressant Paxil during pregnancy are more likely to have babies with life-threatening heart malformations compared to women who take other antidepressant medications.
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