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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 108026" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I'm sorry but you are mistaken. The double blind clinical studies on children and adolescents conducted by the manufacturers of the antidepressants failed to show a positive risk/benefit ratio. That's why the drugs aren't approved by the FDA and most other countries' drug regulation agencies for use by that population. I'm not sure why you aren't familiar with that information. I have posted exentsively about it over the years including links to articles. I know I've even mention the volume of <em>The Lancet</em> in which the negative studies previously unreleased by the drug manufacturers were reviewed by independent researchers. The drug companies are unable to conduct a studies which demonstrate the level of safety and effectiveness required by the drug regulatory agencies, which for the FDA at least is very much higher than the level of a placebo. Most antidepressants are statistically likely to fail at safety and/or effectiveness for children and adolescents, particularly for the treatment of depression. Short term studies for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have been somewhat more successful. </p><p></p><p>The information from those unpublished studies was made available to the researchers who reviewed them under the orders of the British government during an investigation into the safety of the drugs. Under normal circumstances, clinical studies are proprietary and drug companies are not required to release negative findings.</p><p></p><p>And I have never spoken in absolutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 108026, member: 1498"] I'm sorry but you are mistaken. The double blind clinical studies on children and adolescents conducted by the manufacturers of the antidepressants failed to show a positive risk/benefit ratio. That's why the drugs aren't approved by the FDA and most other countries' drug regulation agencies for use by that population. I'm not sure why you aren't familiar with that information. I have posted exentsively about it over the years including links to articles. I know I've even mention the volume of [I]The Lancet[/I] in which the negative studies previously unreleased by the drug manufacturers were reviewed by independent researchers. The drug companies are unable to conduct a studies which demonstrate the level of safety and effectiveness required by the drug regulatory agencies, which for the FDA at least is very much higher than the level of a placebo. Most antidepressants are statistically likely to fail at safety and/or effectiveness for children and adolescents, particularly for the treatment of depression. Short term studies for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have been somewhat more successful. The information from those unpublished studies was made available to the researchers who reviewed them under the orders of the British government during an investigation into the safety of the drugs. Under normal circumstances, clinical studies are proprietary and drug companies are not required to release negative findings. And I have never spoken in absolutes. [/QUOTE]
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