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| Hosted by: Dick Gordon |
Show Originally Aired:
2/5/2004
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Teri Williams' son
Jacob committed suicide at age 14 while on
antidepressant drugs. (AP Photo/Evan
Vucci)
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Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil are
just a few of the drugs that have become common
household names in America. This is a pill-popping
nation and children are fast becoming a key part of the
pharmaceutical market.
Each year nearly
11million prescriptions for antidepressants are written
for children. These drugs save lives, that's not being
debated. But at hearings in Washington this week, dozens
of parents told stories of antidepressants making their
children more violent, even suicidal.
The
British government, looking at suicide in its drug
trials has told its doctors not to medicate children
with most antidepressants on the market. The FDA is now
doing its own investigation . Anti-depressants. Are they
a chance at a better life, or do they raise the risk of
losing it?
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