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04-30-2021, 05:19 PM
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Merck KNEW its anti-baldness drug Finasteride was linked to depression and suicide
...but didn't put it on the label of the drug.
Yikes.
Thought some of the posters on this forum would be interesting in reading this article.
Yikes.
Thought some of the posters on this forum would be interesting in reading this article.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ords-show.html
Merck KNEW its anti-baldness drug Propecia was linked to depression and reports of suicide but decided not to update the medication's warning label, documents show
- Merck & Co's drug Propecia was approved by the FDA in 1997 as the first ever drug to treat male pattern baldness
- As early as 2009, Merck knew of more than 200 reports of depression, including suicidal thoughts, in men taking the medication
- In 2011, during an update of the popular drug's label, Merck and the FDA declined to add 'depression' to the drug's label as a potential risk
- Since that decision, the FDA has received more than 700 reports of suicide and suicidal thoughts among people taking Propecia or generic versions of the drug
- Merck defended its stance and said there is no 'scientific evidence' showing a 'causal link between Propecia and suicide or suicidal ideation'
Merck & Co knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the company's anti-baldness treatment Propecia, newly unsealed court documents and other records reveal.
Officials allegedly knew as early as 2009 and decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug's label.
Last month, internal records were made public when a federal magistrate in New York, granted a 2019 Reuters motion to unseal 11 documents filed in years of litigation alleging Propecia caused persistent sexual dysfunction and other harmful side effects.
Since the 2011 decision on the warning, the FDA has received more than 700 reports of suicide and suicidal thoughts among people taking Propecia or generic versions of the drug.
Those included at least 100 deaths. Before that, in the first 14 years the drug was on the market, the agency received 34 such reports, including 10 deaths.
European and Canadian regulators, citing similar reports among men taking finasteride, require a warning of suicidal thoughts on the label, though they note that research has not proved that the drug causes such thoughts.
To this day, the U.S. label contains no mention of suicide or suicidal thoughts.
Yet, the drug is still incredibly popular with more than 3.4 million prescriptions filled in 2020, more than double the number in 2015, according to health data company IQVIA.
Merck KNEW its anti-baldness drug Propecia was linked to depression and reports of suicide but decided not to update the medication's warning label, documents show
- Merck & Co's drug Propecia was approved by the FDA in 1997 as the first ever drug to treat male pattern baldness
- As early as 2009, Merck knew of more than 200 reports of depression, including suicidal thoughts, in men taking the medication
- In 2011, during an update of the popular drug's label, Merck and the FDA declined to add 'depression' to the drug's label as a potential risk
- Since that decision, the FDA has received more than 700 reports of suicide and suicidal thoughts among people taking Propecia or generic versions of the drug
- Merck defended its stance and said there is no 'scientific evidence' showing a 'causal link between Propecia and suicide or suicidal ideation'
Merck & Co knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the company's anti-baldness treatment Propecia, newly unsealed court documents and other records reveal.
Officials allegedly knew as early as 2009 and decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug's label.
Last month, internal records were made public when a federal magistrate in New York, granted a 2019 Reuters motion to unseal 11 documents filed in years of litigation alleging Propecia caused persistent sexual dysfunction and other harmful side effects.
Since the 2011 decision on the warning, the FDA has received more than 700 reports of suicide and suicidal thoughts among people taking Propecia or generic versions of the drug.
Those included at least 100 deaths. Before that, in the first 14 years the drug was on the market, the agency received 34 such reports, including 10 deaths.
European and Canadian regulators, citing similar reports among men taking finasteride, require a warning of suicidal thoughts on the label, though they note that research has not proved that the drug causes such thoughts.
To this day, the U.S. label contains no mention of suicide or suicidal thoughts.
Yet, the drug is still incredibly popular with more than 3.4 million prescriptions filled in 2020, more than double the number in 2015, according to health data company IQVIA.
04-30-2021, 05:20 PM
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If people knew the bad info hidden on soo many common rx drugs theyd be irate srs
These drug companies are evil, not just greedy but evil.
These drug companies are evil, not just greedy but evil.
04-30-2021, 05:25 PM
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causation =/= correlation? tbh if someone was balding enough to take fin they're already prolly depressed and suicidal lol
either way the reaper gets his
either way the reaper gets his
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04-30-2021, 05:27 PM
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04-30-2021, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted By Archangel_Lost⏩
norwood reaper or the depression reaper? brutal. pick your posioncausation =/= correlation? tbh if someone was balding enough to take fin they're already prolly depressed and suicidal lol
either way the reaper gets his
either way the reaper gets his
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