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Reduced suicidality with paroxetine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

JJ López-Ibor Jr
JJ López-Ibor Jr*
Affiliation:
San Carlos Hospital, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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*Address for correspondence: JJ López-Ibor Jr, Nueva Zelanda 44, E-28035 Madrid, Spain
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Summary

Depression is commonly associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviour. The effect of the antidepressant, paroxetine, on suicidality in depressed patients has been assessed by retrospective analysis of the worldwide database of short-term clinical trials. Data were analysed on 2963 patients treated with paroxetine. 554 placebo patients, and 1151 patients treated with an active control. The results clearly demonstrate the beneficial effect of antidepressant therapy on suicidal ideation. Paroxetine was not associated with the emergence of suicidality, which appears to be a feature of depressive disorder unrelated to antidepressant therapy.

Keywords

paroxetineSSRIsuicidal ideation
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Research Article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue S1: New perspectives in the pharmacological treatment of depression. Defining the ideal antidepressant. 3 November 1992, Barcelona, Spain , 1993 , pp. 17s - 19s
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1993

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