Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50757

Antidepressants

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 13 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for people discontinuing anti-depressants.

Answer

Karin Smyth
In 2022, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published the guideline Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults, which makes recommendations on discontinuing ...

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