Posted by Tomatheus on September 17, 2015, at 16:50:02
In reply to Re: Young people on SSRI's commit more crimes? » Hello321, posted by europerep on September 17, 2015, at 15:48:53
> Again, my point is that we need to look at the facts. As far as I know, in the US, only SSRIs have the black box warning about possible suicidality in teenagers as a side-effect. That other drugs (for me, tranylcypromine) can worsen depression is a different phenomenon. And by the by, I actually think there is something encouraging in this fact: if it worsens my depression, it does at least seem to hit the spot in my brain where depression is "happening", it just does the wrong thing there. Shows that we're not completely off the mark with today's treatments for depression.
Europerep,
As far as I can tell, the black box warning regarding suicidal thinking and behavior applies to all antidepressant medications.
Here is a page on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Web site listing the antidepressant medications that the warning applied to as of May 2007:
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/UCM096273
Also, as far as I can tell, it seems that the black box warning is even included in the information that comes with medications that are used in the add-on treatment of depression, given that the Abilify that I get from my pharmacy each month comes with the warning.
I haven't looked at all of the studies that have been conducted on the association between antidepressant use and suicidality. It may very well be the case that only SSRIs, or perhaps only the newer antidepressant medications in general, have been found to increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children, adolescents, and young adults. Nevertheless, it seems that the FDA's warning applies to all antidepressant medications, at least if the information I'm looking at is correct.
Tomatheus
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