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home:othertreatments:antidepressants [07.13.2011] – paulalberthome:othertreatments:antidepressants [12.28.2011] – added ssri (prozac) implicated in child's murder joyful
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 +  * **atherosclerosis** – Antidepressants may boost mood at the expense of accelerated atherosclerosis for middle-age men, according to an observational study of more than 500 twins who had served in the Vietnam War.((Shah AJ, et al "Association of antidepressant medications with carotid intima media thickness in middle aged veteran twins" ACC 2011.))
   * **obesity** – According to a 2009 //JAMA// article, subjects treated with antipsychotics became overweight or obese in as little as 12 weeks.(({{pubmed>long:19861668}})) A team led by Dr. Christoph Correll of Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York studied 272 children and teens aged 4 to 19 with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and disruptive or aggressive behavior spectrum disorders.(({{pubmed>long:20586697}})) After roughly 11 weeks, those who took Zyprexa gained an average of 18.7 pounds (8.5 kg), those on Seroquel gained 13.4 pounds (6.1 kg), those on Risperdal gained 11.7 pounds (3.5 kg) and those on Abilify gained 9.7 pounds (4.4 kg). "The weight gain is dramatic, rapid and pervasive," Correll [[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59Q4Q920091028|said]] in a telephone interview.   * **obesity** – According to a 2009 //JAMA// article, subjects treated with antipsychotics became overweight or obese in as little as 12 weeks.(({{pubmed>long:19861668}})) A team led by Dr. Christoph Correll of Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York studied 272 children and teens aged 4 to 19 with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and disruptive or aggressive behavior spectrum disorders.(({{pubmed>long:20586697}})) After roughly 11 weeks, those who took Zyprexa gained an average of 18.7 pounds (8.5 kg), those on Seroquel gained 13.4 pounds (6.1 kg), those on Risperdal gained 11.7 pounds (3.5 kg) and those on Abilify gained 9.7 pounds (4.4 kg). "The weight gain is dramatic, rapid and pervasive," Correll [[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59Q4Q920091028|said]] in a telephone interview.
   * **risk of autism** – A case control study, which looked at medical records of California mothers, found that expectant mothers who took an antidepressant medication increased their risk of delivering a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).(({{pubmed>long:21727247}})) The 2011 analysis suggested that exposure to a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, particularly during the first trimester, //may// somewhat increase the risk of ASD.   * **risk of autism** – A case control study, which looked at medical records of California mothers, found that expectant mothers who took an antidepressant medication increased their risk of delivering a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).(({{pubmed>long:21727247}})) The 2011 analysis suggested that exposure to a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, particularly during the first trimester, //may// somewhat increase the risk of ASD.
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 +Canadian judge rules SSRI antidepressants like Prozac can cause children to commit murder ... http://www.naturalnews.com/034433_SSRI_drugs_children_murder.html
  
 Broad Review of FDA Trials Suggests Antidepressants Only Marginally Better than Placebo Broad Review of FDA Trials Suggests Antidepressants Only Marginally Better than Placebo
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