I posted it because I heard it on Fox news today. It is a concern of everyone,
with a warning, Furthermore your opinion about what I know is just that *your
opinion*

Yes I did, right after I heard it on the news, I looked it up.

You need to calm down Peter.

Do read the title.

Say what!!!!

One might consider that a hanging would bring on reason for the warning.

No rant whatsoever.

Why???????????

Thanks for showing us your true character.

As in shoot the messenger , (using foul language) if they post something that's
in the news that you don't like.

Now for the FULL article in the news!

GET OVER YOUR CONTROL PROBLEM.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040322162009990008

Updated: 04:20 PM EST
US FDA says antidepressant patients need watching
By Susan Heavey, Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Patients taking anti-depressants, including
children and teenagers, should be closely monitored for signs of worsening
depression and suicidal thoughts, U.S. health authorities said on Monday.

The warning comes after a panel of experts last month called on the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration to issue stronger warnings about the possible risks of
suicidal behavior among children and teenagers taking antidepressant drugs.

U.S. health officials are studying whether antidepressants can make children
and teenagers suicide-prone but have not yet reached a conclusion.

"We do not know whether or not the treatment...causes these changes. It may
just be the natural course of the disease," said Dr. Russell Katz, head of
neuropharmacological drugs at the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research.

Until it concludes its studies, the agency called on doctors to closely monitor
for signs of hostility, anxiety, insomnia and other behaviors that could signal
worsening depression and suicidal thoughts.

Regulators first alerted physicians to carefully watch children or teenagers
taking antidepressants last fall. Today's stronger warning calls for closer
monitoring and urges patients, families and caregivers to spot behavioral
changes.

Patients should alert their doctors, who may consider lowering the dose or
ending use of the drug, the FDA said.

The agency also asked manufacturers to change the labels of 10 drugs to include
larger and more prominent warnings about patient monitoring.

Those 10 drugs include, among others, Solvay's Luvox, Pfizer's Zoloft, and
three GlaxoSmithKline Plc drugs -- Wellbutrin, Zyban and Paxil.

Questions about a possible link with suicidal behavior arose last year when
regulators were reviewing clinical trials of children who took Paxil.

The other antidepressants the FDA is evaluating are Forest Laboratories Inc.'s
Celexa, Akzo Nobel's Remeron, Bristol-Myers Squibb's Serzone, Eli Lilly and
Co.'s Prozac, and Wyeth's Effexor.

Only Prozac, sold generically as fluoxetine, is approved for treating pediatric
depression.

In Britain, health authorities have advised doctors not to prescribe most of
SSRI drugs, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, to anyone under 18.

Dr. Richard Gorman of the American Academy of Pediatrics said it was too soon
to tell if British officials were being overly cautious or if U.S. regulators
"dragged their feet."

Either way, antidepressant use in youth "should have been studied prior to
being released," said Gorman, a pediatrician in Baltimore.

Experts who served on last month's panel were especially concerned with suicide
risk in youth, but the FDA said it was also reevaluating the risk for adults,
who should also be monitored.

FDA officials said they plan to make their final decision in September.

(Additional reporting by Lisa Richwine)

03/22/04 16:18 ET

Jan

Being truthful means speaking the truth and also saying things that reflect
reality. Being truthful is one of the necessities of a human society, one of
the virtues of human behaviour, and brings great benefits, whilst lying is one
of the major elements of corruption in human society, and the cause of the
destruction of social structure and ties, one of the most evil features of bad
conduct, and causes widespread harm.

Well Peter,

Now I posted it. I would have thought such information as absolutely vital,
especially when the FDA issues requests to manufacturers to include warning
statements of close observations.

Would you please withdraw your STFU remarks and perhaps lay off the
Prozac/Zoloft and you may not feel so suicidal.

Cheers, Rod

Med - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program

The FDA asked manufacturers of the following antidepressant drugs to include
in their labelling a Warning statement that recommends close observation of
adult and pediatric patients for worsening depression or the emergence of
suicidally when treated with these agents. The drugs that are the focus of
this new Warning are: Prozac (fluoxetine); Zoloft (sertraline); Paxil
(paroxetine); Luvox (fluvoxamine); Celexa (citalopram); Lexapro
(escitalopram); Wellbutrin (bupropion); Effexor (venlafaxine); Serzone
(nefazodone); and Remeron (mirtazapine).

See the 2004 MedWatch safety summary, including links to the drug
information page and the FDA Public Health Advisory, at:

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2004/safety04.htm#antidepressants

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I think you can drop the qualifer.  Jan Drew should simply shut the f.ck up.