HuckleB
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Sat Jan-07-06 12:22 AM
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Suicide Risk Does Not Increase When Adults Start Using Antidepressants |
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=35615"The risk of serious suicide attempts or death by suicide generally decreases in the weeks after patients start taking antidepressant medication, according to a new study led by Group Health Cooperative researchers and published in the January issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. The study also found that the risk of suicidal behavior after starting 10 newer antidepressant medications is less than the risk posed by older medications.
These findings challenge a 2004 advisory by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which warned that suicidal behavior may emerge after treatment with the newer antidepressant drugs has begun.
"Our findings show that, fortunately, suicide attempts and death by suicide are rare following the initiation of antidepressants," says Greg Simon, MD, MPH, a Group Health psychiatrist and the lead researcher on the study. "The period right after people start taking antidepressant medication is not a period of increased risk. In fact, risk after starting medication is lower than before."
This study is the first published analysis to compare the risk of suicide attempts before treatment to the risks following treatment. It is based on computerized medical and pharmacy records for more than 65,000 patients who filled prescriptions for antidepressants from 1992 to 2003. Deaths by suicide were determined from death certificates and suicide attempts were identified from hospital discharge data.
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Sat Jan-07-06 01:15 AM
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1. Unfortunately........we can no longer trust any study. |
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Edited on Sat Jan-07-06 01:16 AM by amerikat
I'm not saying the data is wrong. Is this unbiased research? Is the author or any of his/her researchers on the payroll of any pharmaceutical company payroll? Or is it spin? Has he/she any stake in advancing his/her own agenda, or the agenda of the current administration or the FDA?
Just note the attempt to confuse the issue, The suicide rate is lower for people that have recently started drug therapy. No shit? Define recently please. Maybe it is because they have some hope(people that are throw a life preserver won't generally give up)in the drug? What is the long term risk?
It is well known that people on antidepressants have higher suicide risk. Is it higher because they are an "at risk" group or is it the drugs?
And besides statistic are only as good as the soul that compiles them.
Antidepressants are a long way from being effective for the vast majority that are prescribed. It's hit or miss at best.
Well that's my rant for the day.
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Sat Jan-07-06 01:05 PM
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2. The definitions you want are in the study. |
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No one is hiding behind vague spin here.
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