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FDA: Lilly Drug Did Not Lead To Suicide

By John M Grohol PsyD
August 17, 2004

FDA: Lilly Drug Did Not Lead To Suicide
The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that Eli Lilly and Co.’s newly approved antidepressant Cymbalta did not trigger the suicide of a woman from Bensalem, Pa., who was taking part in a clinical trial. An FDA investigation found that Cymbalta could not be linked to the death of Traci Johnson, who hanged herself with a scarf in Lilly’s Indianapolis drug-testing clinic.


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