Comments on: The top ranting subjects of 2003 http://www.medrants.com/archives/1698 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert W. Donnell, M.D. http://www.medrants.com/archives/1698/comment-page-1#comment-2956 Robert W. Donnell, M.D. Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:26:40 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2003/12/27/the-top-ranting-subjects-of-2003/#comment-2956 My pick is ALLHAT, as an example of everything that's wrong with the mixing of scientific discourse and popular debate. My pick is ALLHAT, as an example of everything that’s wrong with the mixing of scientific discourse and popular debate.

]]> By: Alex Chernavsky http://www.medrants.com/archives/1698/comment-page-1#comment-2955 Alex Chernavsky Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:26:38 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2003/12/27/the-top-ranting-subjects-of-2003/#comment-2955 The following story pertains to Britain.  It will be interesting to see what -- if anything -- the FDA will do in the US: <blockquote> <br /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1103563,00.html"><b>Drugs for depressed children banned </b></a><br /><br /> Modern antidepressant drugs which have made billions for the pharmaceutical industry will be banned from use in children today because of evidence, suppressed for years, that they can cause young patients to become suicidal. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told doctors last night not to prescribe all but one of the antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The exception is Prozac, which is licensed for use in depressed children in the US.  But the MHRA will warn that, at best, it helps only one child in 10. </blockquote> The following story pertains to Britain.  It will be interesting to see what — if anything — the FDA will do in the US:


Drugs for depressed children banned

Modern antidepressant drugs which have made billions for the pharmaceutical industry will be banned from use in children today because of evidence, suppressed for years, that they can cause young patients to become suicidal.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told doctors last night not to prescribe all but one of the antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

The exception is Prozac, which is licensed for use in depressed children in the US.  But the MHRA will warn that, at best, it helps only one child in 10.

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