Paroxetine News
A validation of the 7.5% CO2 model of GAD using paroxetine and lorazepam in healthy volunteers
The inhalation of 7.5% carbon dioxide (CO2) in healthy subjects produces an increase in blood pressure and heart rate, and increased feelings of anxiety, fear and tension (Bailey et al. 2005). As this state is similar to that of...
The Big Suicide Loophole in Antidepressant Drug Safety Studies
On December 13, 2006 the FDA's Psychopharmaceutical Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) is meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland to discuss antidepressant-induced suicidal behavior in adults. In 2004 the FDA held similar hearings on...
There Is Accounting for Taste in Treatment of Depression
For newly diagnosed depression patients, there may be a tell-tale taste test for selecting the right antidepressant.
Antidepressants Increase Suicide Risk but Decrease Death Risk
Suicidal patients on antidepressants may try to take their own lives, but they're less likely to die.
Avoid Paxil in Pregnancy, ACOG Committee Advises
The antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) may cause fetal cardiac malformations, and the drug should be shunned if possible in pregnancy, recommended an advisory committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.