News tagged with 'Paroxetine Hydrochloride'

The United Kingdom Department of Health's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency advised physicians Tuesday to immediately halt prescribing the antidepressant Seroxat to patients under 18 due to the medication's link to suicidal behavior in children. According to the British government, a clinical trial i

Britain's Committee on Safety of Medicines has ordered a review panel to evaluate the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) due to claims that the medications cause suicidal feelings. SSRIs, a group of antidepressants that include GlaxoSmithKline's Seroxat, sold in the United States as Paxil, have

Less than two months after ruling that the drug maker GlaxoSmithKline could not advertise its depression and anxiety medication Paxil as "non-habit forming," a federal judge reversed her decision last week. In late August, U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer determined that Paxil advertisements were misleading, sayin

One week after the Justice Department asked a judge to reverse a ruling that banned commercials for the psychiatric drug Paxil, a stay was issued granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more time to prepare a brief defending the anti-depressant medication. Last week, U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer o

A Federal judge ordered pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline to immediately pull all commercials for its psychiatric drug Paxil that claim the medication is "non-habit forming." The ruling was made after U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer determined the advertisements were misleading, saying they "created inaccurate

The following language was added to Paxil labeling on December 14, 2001: "Discontinuation of Treatment with Paxil: Recent clinical trials supporting the various approved indications for employed a taper phase regimen, rather than an abrupt discontinuation of treatment. The taper phase regimen used in GAD and PTSD clini

GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of anti-depressant Paxil, is facing a class action lawsuit filed by thirty-five people claiming the drug caused "severe withdrawal reactions." The complaint filed in California Superior Court alleges that Paxil causes greater physical dependency and addiction than other similar drugs. Paxil

A Cheyenne, Wyoming Federal jury found pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, formerly SmithKline Beecham, liable for David Schnell's actions stemming from his use of Paxil, an antidepressant. Schnell, 60, took the drug only 48 hours before he shot and killed his wife, daughter, granddaughter and then himself. The j

GlaxoSmithKline announced today that it will comply with the British Medicine Control Agency's (the UK's version of the FDA) request to supplement Paxil's warning label. The move comes after an American man killed his family, then himself, while beginning treatment with Paxil to ease his depression. The company admit