{"id":20521,"date":"2025-09-17T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=20521"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:37:51","slug":"fda-expands-antidepressant-warning-to-young-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/fda-expands-antidepressant-warning-to-young-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Expands Antidepressant Warning to Young Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler\">\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Young adults beginning treatment with any\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/MindSoothe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">antidepressant<\/a>\u00a0should be warned about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior associated with the drugs, health officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration proposed labeling changes that would expand a so-called \u201cblack box\u201d warning now on all antidepressants. It would broaden the severe warning\u2019s current language, which applies only to children and adolescents, to include adults 18-24 during the first month or two of treatment with the drugs, the FDA said.<\/p>\n<p>Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/MindSoothe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prozac<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/MindSoothe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zoloft<\/a>\u00a0manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe this step will help ensure that the millions of people with depression who are young adults age 24 and under and their families can make informed treatment decisions while minimizing the fear and stigma associated with depression,\u201d Eli Lilly said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Young adults beginning treatment with any\u00a0antidepressant\u00a0should be warned about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior associated with the drugs, health officials said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration proposed labeling changes that would expand a so-called \u201cblack box\u201d warning now on all antidepressants. It would broaden the severe warning\u2019s current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anxiety-and-depression"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}