Responses in to black box survey question
Fifty-one percent of respondents to Drug Topics' January 2007 Web site Instant Poll question thought that young adults should be equally warned, along with children and adolescents, of the risk of suicide by including a black box warning in antidepressant labeling. Forty percent thought it was a good precaution to take. Only 5% thought adding a black box warning for adult use would have a chilling effect on prescribing to patients who really need antidepressants, and 4% said it would scare patients away from taking the medications. One percent did not know. A total of 1,277 Web site visitors participated in the survey.
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Psychiatric Pharmacist Working to Optimize Treatment, Improve Patient Safety
December 13th 2024A conversation with Nina Vadiei, PharmD, BCPP, clinical associate professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy at University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at the San Antonio State Hospital.
