Mad in Ireland: Recently Gretchen LeFever Watson wrote on Mad in America about the different boxed warnings on SSRI drugs in Canada and the US. Patients in Canada have been warned since 2004 that these medications carry a risk of suicide and violence including ‘harm toward others’. There are no age restrictions on such warnings. In the US, on the other hand, the ‘harm to others’ clause is not included on drug labels, while the suicide warning is limited to individuals aged 24 and under.
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