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FDA: Epilepsy Drugs Double Suicide Risk


Last Update: 1/31/2008 5:27 pm
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials alerted doctors on Thursday that medicines used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disorders may raise the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.

The Food and Drug Administration said it analyzed studies of 11 epilepsy drugs including Pfizer Inc's Neurontin, Abbott Laboratories Inc's Depakote and Johnson & Johnson's Topamax. The studies included nearly 44,000 patients.

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