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Global drug giant GSK 'published a flawed study which led to millions of children being wrongly prescribed dangerous antidepressants'
 
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Global drug giant GSK 'published a flawed study which led to millions of children being wrongly prescribed dangerous antidepressants'


  • GlaxoSmithKline published trial in 2001 claiming Seroxat, also known as Paxil, was 'generally well tolerated' and helped cure depression in children
  • Led to 2 million youngsters being prescribed the pill the next year in US 
  • Now new BMJ study has highlighted major flaws in the original study
  • Drug 'no more effective than a placebo and risk of harm was significant'
 

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