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    Researchers study side effects of pediatric medications for anxiety, OCD

    Written by Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli Published On 2019-12-29T19:10:55+05:30  |  Updated On 29 Dec 2019 7:10 PM IST
    Researchers study side effects of pediatric medications for anxiety, OCD

    Sometimes, the medications needed to function and live a quality life cause side effects that can make life quite uncomfortable. That is more applicable in medicines used in paediatric patients especially in psychiatric disorders.


    Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine conducted a study to specifically look at side effects that impact children and adolescents being treated for anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). According to researchers, this is one of the first studies examining the side effects of these medications in youth that doesn't just focus on suicidal thinking or discontinuation of the medication. The study has been published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry




    "For youth with anxiety disorders and OCD, these medications improve symptoms and functional outcomes," he says. "Over the past two decades, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, known as SSRIs, and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, known as SNRIs, have become the standard medication treatments for pediatric patients with these conditions."


    The UC study assessed quality-of-life issues.


    "Evaluations of antidepressant tolerability focus almost entirely on discontinuation of the medicine or suicidality. We wanted to examine side effects commonly reported in pediatric patients treated with antidepressants, including agitation, nausea, abdominal pain, insomnia, headache, and fatigue, in addition to suicidality and discontinuation of the medication."


    SSRIs increase levels of serotonin in the brain. SNRIs block the reabsorption of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain.


    In this study, Mills and Strawn looked at academic peer-reviewed articles through March 1, 2019, and identified SSRI and SNRI studies in patients under 18 with OCD and anxiety disorders, specifically noting side effect rates.


    They used statistical tools known as Bayesian hierarchical models created by Mills that enable results from different studies to be combined while taking into account variations across patients and those studies.


    "Out of 18 trials, which included more than 2,500 patients who were treated and then compared to patients taking a placebo, SSRIs produced more side effects; agitation was more common with SSRI use," Mills says.


    "SSRIs and SNRIs were not associated with suicidal thoughts. This finding is consistent with earlier studies that suggest that suicidality relates to the condition being treated," Strawn adds. "Medication side effects are important for clinicians to consider, particularly in light of data suggesting these medications also differ in terms of how effective they are. SSRIs are a better option compared to SNRIs and are the treatment of choice for children and adolescents with anxiety."



    anxietyDr. Jeffrey StrawnJournal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryMedicationsobsessive-compulsive disorderpediatric medicationsside effects
    Source : University of Cincinnati

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