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Anti-Depressant Drugs May Double Child Suicide A report suppressed by the FDA leaked into the public press last week, concluding that children on anti-depressant drugs were twice as likely to be suicidal than those on placebos. Dr. Mosholder, a government expert with the FDA's Office of Drugs Safety and author of the report, reviewed 22 studies and over 4,000 children to make his conclusion. Mosholder desired to make public the findings, but the FDA prohibited him from doing so, claiming his analysis was "premature." Except for fluoxetine, Mosholder said when antidepressants are used by children, suicidal risks outweigh benefits. He urged the FDA to follow the example of British health authorities in warning of the negative effects of newer antidepressants on children. When critics complained that antidepressant drugs aren't effective for children, the FDA responded by saying, "absence of proof should not be interpreted to mean the drugs are ineffective." Try unraveling the logic of that one! For an administration set up to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs, this episode of suppression — particularly for drugs dangerous to children — doesn't reflect well on them, especially when the drug industry is already losing confidence with the American public. What I find particularly problematic about this report is that it makes fluoxetine (Prozac) look like it might be okay. I disagree. Children never need antidepressants nor any other drugs to impair or influence their behavior. In my opinion, it's worthy of a malpractice lawsuit. Instead, children need: Good nutrition without sugar, chemical additives, artificial sweeteners, and bad fats. Pure water as their beverage. Loving parents. Minimal TV and video game time, and lots of books to read. Training in basic moral principles. Good teachers who understand that all children aren't the same and that misunderstood words and too much theory without practical application can create physical and mental symptoms that are mistaken for genetic or otherwise abnormal behavioral syndromes. This is the solution that child psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, and the teachers associations should embrace instead of drugs. Only this approach will produce self-reliant, happy, educated, upstanding individuals who will enhance our future civilization. "Secret US report surfaces on antidepressants in children" by Jeanne Lenzer British Medical Journal August 7, 2004 Copyright © 2008 Optimum Health Report, All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer