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Article: Study: Suicide risk no greater with newer anti-depressants.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- July 21, 2004
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Byline: Karen Patterson
DALLAS _ A newer class of anti-depressants _ controversial because of fear they may fuel suicidal behavior _ might not be any riskier than older drugs, a study of United Kingdom patients has found.
Risk of suicide or suicidal behavior was high in the first month of therapy _ and dramatically so in the first nine days _ no matter which of four drugs patients took, Boston University scientists reported Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
The 1993-99 study drew from nearly 160,000 first-time anti-depressant users who had filled a prescription for any one of four drugs. The drugs were the United ...