Sept. 17, 2015
(NaturalSociety.com) Contrary to what a 2001 study found, the antidepressant drug Paxil is not safe and effective for teens. In fact, the very opposite is true.
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According to a new study published Wednesday in the journal BMJ, a team of researchers found that after taking Paxil, also known by its generic name paroxetine, many of the adolescents surveyed became even more distressed, and an alarming number attempted suicide. [1]
Experts say the article reflects massive changes in scientific publishing. The departure from scientific custom clears the way for medical journals to post multiple interpretations of the same experiment. These journals are publishing retractions at an ever-increasing rate in the wake of revelations that several studies were fraudulent. It came to light earlier this year that less than half of a sample of psychology papers actually contained legitimate data. Though it’s hard to say which studies are, in reality, legitimate, and which are taken down for illegitimate reasons.
The first study of Paxil began in the late 1990’s, when drug makers began testing antidepressants on teens. Dr. Martin Keller, of Brown University, and colleagues tracked depression scores over 8 weeks in 3 groups of approximately 90 teens each. One group took Paxil, another took placebo pills, and a third group took an older generic antidepressant known as imipramine.
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