Source: Mail Online
*Snip:
Latest figures show in the UK in 2007 there were 34 million prescriptions for antidepressants, of which 18 million were for SSRIs.
Between 1993 and 2002, there were 4,767 deaths in England and Wales involving antidepressant drugs, according to the Office of National Statistics.
A spokesman for the Medicines and Heathcare Products Regulatory Agency said the UK's Yellow Card system recorded side effects and adverse reactions associated with medicines.
She said: 'We monitor the Yellow Card reports so we can look for any trends in this area.'
FULL STORY
4,767 'KNOWN' deaths.
The Yellow Card system barely scratches the surface. The time has come for the thousands of anecdotal reports available on the Internet to be taken into consideration.
If the MHRA wish to call themselves regulators then they should regulate ALL the available evidence and not rely on a system that is flawed.
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