Why the violence? Searching for clues.

in violence •  7 years ago 

So I've heard rumblings here and there about the potential connection that some pharmaceuticals may have to increased levels of violence in some individuals, particularly the anti-depressant drugs known as SSRI's or Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors. Judging from personal experience with some peers who have taken anti-depressants in the past, and who reported rather frightening side-effects I thought perhaps there may be some merit to these rumors.

So I went looking around on the FDA website and drugs.com for the warnings associated with these drugs.
There's a definite pattern in the potential side-effects of SSRI's. I'm sure some might say "but the probability of suffering those side-effects is very small," but to that I would say, a 0.1% chance of "homicidal ideation" in a sample of patients that numbers in the millions creates a numerical risk in the thousands.

Does anyone else have any insight or science on this?

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Furthermore, the FDA knows that these aggressive tendencies are significantly more common among patients under 24 years old:

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The table referenced:

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