Global drug giant GSK 'published a flawed study which led to millions of children being wrongly prescribed dangerous antidepressants' (Drug Legalization Debate) 9/20/2015 2277669

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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