News tagged with 'Suicidal'

U.S. health regulators are requiring manufacturer's of twenty-one anti-seizure drugs to add a warning about increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (suicidality) to the products’ prescribing information and labeling.

Banzel (rufinamide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an added treatment for a severe form of epilepsy known as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. This approval offers another treatment option for those patients who suffer from these debilitating, severe seizures.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulator Agency (MHRA) has issued an update linking Chantix sold as Champix (in the UK), to reports of depression and suicide related events.

A new study which included 26,000 students from 70 colleges and universities across the U.S. found that slightly more than half of students had considered suicide at least once in their life. While nearly two-thirds have considered it more than once in a 12-month period.

While anti-seizure medications do carry an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and ideation in some patients, a U.S. advisory panel says studies do not show a high-enough risk to justify the agency's toughest warning.