741 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent release of warnings from the FDA and Canada Health regarding SSRIs’ adverse effects, making a possible link between the drugs and the worsening of depression and suicidality, his views on whether the EMEA recommendations that have not been approved yet by the European Commission go far enough to enable doctors here to appropriately treat patients who get worse on these tablets, without having the important knowledge that the treatment may be responsible in a minority of cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21315/04]

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741 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children further to the recent release of warnings from the FDA and Canada Health regarding SSRIs’ adverse effects, making a possible link between the drugs and the worsening of depression and suicidality, his views on whether the EMEA recommendations that have not been approved yet by the European Commission go far enough to enable doctors here to appropriately treat patients who get worse on these tablets, without having the important knowledge that the treatment may be responsible in a minority of cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21315/04]

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