No Difference in Suicide Risk Found Between Newer Antidepressants & Prozac
By Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on January 7, 2014
A new study finds no evidence that the risk of suicide differs between several antidepressants prescribed to children and adolescents.
The population-based study tracked children and adolescents who recently began taking newer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) compared to new users of fluoxetine (brand name Prozac).
The study was not designed to compare the risk for suicide attempts for antidepressant users compared with non-users.
“These findings provide important information about the relative risks of the more recently approved antidepressants to help guide decision making by patients, their families and their providers,” said study author William Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
Read the full article at Psych Central
(http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/01/07/no-difference-in-suicide-risk-found-between-newer-antidepressants-prozac/64203.html)
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