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Important Safety Information
Suicidality and Antidepressant Drugs
Antidepressants increased the risk compared to placebo of suicidal thinking and behavior (suicidality) in children, adolescents, and young adults in short-term studies of major depressive disorder (MDD) and other psychiatric disorders. Anyone considering the use of PEXEVA® (paroxetine mesylate) or any other antidepressant in a child, adolescent, or young adult must balance this risk with the clinical need. Short-term studies did not show an increase in the risk of suicidality with antidepressants compared to placebo in adults beyond age 24; there was a reduction in risk with antidepressants compared to placebo in adults aged 65 and older. Depression and certain other psychiatric disorders are themselves associated with increases in the risk of suicide. Patients of all ages who are started on antidepressant therapy should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, or unusual changes in behavior. Families and
caregivers should be advised of the need for close observation and communication with the prescriber. PEXEVA® (paroxetine mesylate) is not approved for use in pediatric patients. (See Warnings: Clinical Worsening and Suicide Risk, Precautions: Information for Patients, and Precautions: Pediatric Use) |
All patients being treated with antidepressants for any indication should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, and unusual
changes in behavior, especially during the initial few months of a course of drug therapy,
or at times of dose changes, either increases or decreases.
Concomitant use of PEXEVA® (paroxetine mesylate) in patients taking monoamine oxidase
inhibitors (MAOIs), thioridazine, or pimozide is contraindicated. If concomitant use of
paroxetine with a 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor agonist (triptan) is clinically warranted,
careful observation of the patient is advised, particularly during treatment initiation and
dose increases. PEXEVA® (paroxetine mesylate) tablets are contraindicated in patients with a hypersensitivity to paroxetine or any of the inactive ingredients in PEXEVA® (paroxetine mesylate) tablets.
The most common side effects that have been reported with PEXEVA® include nausea, dry mouth, constipation, decreased appetite, infection, drowsiness, tremor, sweating, muscle weakness, trouble sleeping, abnormal ejaculation, impotence and other male genital disorders, and female genital disorders.
Please see Important Safety Information, including Black Boxed WARNING.
Please see accompanying full Prescribing Information including WARNINGS-Clinical Worsening and Suicide Risk; Usage in Pregnancy: Teratogenic and Nonteratogenic Effects.
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