Mrs Bradshaw disagrees: "I learned that the medication was not approved for people under the age of 18 some months after Toran's death and was absolutely shocked."
http://bobfiddaman.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-zealand-mom-just-another.html
In the United States the FDA require a "Black Box" warning to be displayed on all packets of fluoxetine. The warning explicitly states that "anti-depressants increased the risk compared to placebo of suicidal thinking and behaviour in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies of major depressive disorder and other psychiatric disorders"
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Now check out the situation in UK & Europe and learn how Fiddaman only tells part of the story .......... yeah! the part that suits him.
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The EMEA review of all the data concluded: "Overall, the benefits of Prozac are greater than its potential risks for the treatment of moderate to severe major depressive episode in children and adolescents."
http://bobfiddaman.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-zealand-mom-just-another.html
In the United States the FDA require a "Black Box" warning to be displayed on all packets of fluoxetine. The warning explicitly states that "anti-depressants increased the risk compared to placebo of suicidal thinking and behaviour in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies of major depressive disorder and other psychiatric disorders"
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Now check out the situation in UK & Europe and learn how Fiddaman only tells part of the story .......... yeah! the part that suits him.
source ©independent.co.uk
Prozac was considered to be the only drug that could be safe among children and the British government last year asked the makers, Eli Lilly, to submit an application to the EMEA for its use among under 18s.
It recommended that children start on a small dose of 10mg of Prozac a day, which could then be increased to 20mg after one or two weeks. Only patients who have not responded to at least four sessions of psychological therapy should be prescribed the drug and if no benefit is seen after nine weeks the treatment should be reconsidered.
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