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Known side effects from taking antidepressant medications include weight gain, sexual dysfunction, sleep irregularities, and even heightened suicide risk. To that list, new research is adding another troubling prospect: increased risk of violent outbursts.
According to a study published in the Public Library of Science-Medicine, taking the antidepressant Paxil
can significantly raise a person's risk of having "hostility events." Researchers at Great Britain's Cardiff University studied more than 15,000 patients who had been prescribed either Paxil or a placebo pill. Those patients on Paxil were more than twice as likely to experience violent outbursts as those in the placebo group, researchers found.
What This Means for You -
After several high-profile incidents of suicide among young Paxil users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required stronger warning labels on the medication in 2004. Paxil is part of a class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Ask your doctor about the differing side effects of SSRIs and which may be right for you.
Monday, October 2, 2006
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1564177
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