George Stone
20 Aug 2014 · Coroner David Horsley · Portsmouth & South East Hampshire
The coroner's concerns
1. severe seizures from antidepressants
“I was told in evidence at the Inquest that a side effect of Venlafaxine and similar antidepressants is seizures and that although this is rare, these seizures can be very severe - as was the case with [the deceased]. I was also told that the NPSA issues national guidelines for the warnings practitioners must give their patients who are prescribed these sorts of antidepressants but the risk of patients suffering a severe seizure is not included in the guidelines at the present time.”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.