"I'll give you a drug for the time being. However, this drug is not effective. However, it has side effects.

"I'll give you a drug for the time being. However, this drug is not effective. However, it has side effects. Some side effects appear in about 70%, especially one in 60 to 100 people causes suicide-related behavior. It can increase impulsivity and cause violence. Of course, it can also cause sudden death. It is incompatible with other drugs, and there is a risk that side effects of both will appear severely when used in combination. Safety is I have not confirmed it, and it is designated as a powerful drug. By the way, one tablet costs 100 yen or more. "
Would you like to take this medicine even with this explanation?
Do you want to expose yourself to the risk of ineffective but life-threatening side effects, even if you pay for it?
This drug is an antidepressant for depressed patients under the age of 18.
Regarding Paxil, there is already such a description in the warning column in red frame and red.
"There are reports that efficacy could not be confirmed in a placebo-controlled study conducted overseas in patients with major depressive disorder aged 7 to 18 years, and that the risk of suicide was increased. Carefully consider the indications when administering to patients with major depressive disorder under the age of 18. "
Of course, medications that completely ignore these warnings are commonplace.
It is usually given to children under the age of 18 without being informed of any such facts.
As far as under the age of 18, this is no longer a drug.
There is a statement that "risks and benefits should be taken into consideration when administering this drug", but no benefits are found.
This kind of thing deserves to be called poison.
The crime of the Japanese Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, which put pressure on the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and lifted the ban on administration to children under the age of 18, which had been contraindicated for a while, is deep.