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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8851

18 December 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 45
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
European agency for medicinal products warns against use of anti-depressants under eighteen years of age

Brussels, 17/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products published, on 9 December, a recommendation urging doctors not to prescribe anti-depressants to children or adolescents. "In the EU, a class of anti-depressant drugs called selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI) are not indicated for treating depression among children under eighteen years of age", the Agency states, saying their administration of such medicinesis not advised among this...

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