| Q&A: Seroxat
What is Seroxat? Seroxat is a type of drug called Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), which have been widely used to treat depression and anxiety disorders since the late 1980s. Although not as well known as Prozac, another SSRI, it is the most frequently prescribed antidepressant in the UK. Why is it controversial? There have been complaints since the 1990s that Seroxat – and other SSRIs - triggers suicidal feelings in some patients. In 2003, drug regulatory body the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ruled that people under 18 should not be prescribed Seroxat. At the time there were 7,000 - 8,000 under-18s taking the drug. The following year the MHRA said the analysis of both published and unpublished data showed "a modest increase in the risk of suicide from SSRIs compared to placebos [dummy pills]" in adults.
Utah meth campaign sees results
Wendy started using when she was 13 years old. She stopped caring about anyone, even her daughter. She ended up in jail. Robin used and lost her son to the state. Methamphetamine addiction has multiple consequences, not only for the user, but for all of society. That's one reason the state began the End Meth Now campaign and it's working. Richard Nance, director of the Utah County Division of Substance Abuse, reported Monday on the progress and success the campaign has seen to the Utah County Board of Health. The state meth council put together the campaign with billboards, commercials and a video featuring Wendy and Robin, which identified a Web site, endmethnow.org and a phone number, 211. "(With the) billboards, we discovered rapidly they were powerful, because the advertising agency started getting complaints," Nance said.
CVS Caremark agrees to settle Medicaid fraud claims for $37 million
CHICAGO -- CVS Caremark Corp. agreed to pay almost $37 million to nearly two dozen states and the federal government to settle claims that the nation�s largest pharmacy chain billed Medicaid programs for a more expensive formulation of an antacid, authorities said today. .
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