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Antidepressants ‘need suicide risk on warning label’ – Daily Mercury
Antidepressant medications should carry warning labels like cigarette packs, experts argue, in order to save lives.
Warning labels like those on cigarette packs should feature on antidepressant packets in Australia, cautioning about the risk of suicide, parents and experts argue.
“Prominent warnings of severe risks should appear on the outside packaging of all medicines,” academic Martin Whitely said.
“Doctors should be compelled to advise parents and patients of the risk and that they are prescribing the drugs “off label” for an unapproved use.”
Mr Whitely, who has been arguing for the labels for more than a…
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