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

‘GlaxoSmithKline misled doctors and the public into thinking their antidepressants were safe and effective, even though there was no evidence to back this up.

The firm published a trial back in 2001 claiming paroxetine – known as Paxil or Seroxat – was ‘generally well tolerated’ and helped cure depression in children and adolescents.

This led to two million youngsters being prescribed the pill the following year in the US alone, partly because GSK was paying doctors to attend lavish events where it was promoted.

The authors of the trial claimed the pills were ‘well tolerated’, ignoring the fact that they had been shown to increase the risk of suicidal thoughts.

Now a new study in the BMJ has gone back over this trial and highlighted major flaws, showing the extent to which doctors and patients were misled.’

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