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The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is conducting a review of some weight-loss drugs after being alerted about new complications and a possible link to thoughts of suicide and self-harm among users. EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) initially examined data on people using liraglutide (Saxenda) and semaglutide […]

University of Minnesota researchers are searching for electrical signals in the brain that could provide earlier warnings about severe depression and suicidal impulses. Doctors already use proven questionnaires to identify depression, but lack reliable tools to determine which patients are at risk for self-harm, said Dr. Alik Widge, a U psychiatrist who is leading the project — called Fast, ...

European regulators are looking into about 150 reports of self-harm and suicidal thoughts in patients taking GLP-1 drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy.

The agency began its review after Iceland's health regulator flagged reports of patients thinking about suicide and one case of thoughts of self harm after use of Novo's drugs.

Regulators have been alerted to a possible link to suicidal thoughts and self-harm among users