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flag The FDA is under pressure to reevaluate antidepressant approvals and warnings over lasting side effects, despite known risks and industry influence.

flag The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International is urging the FDA to investigate antidepressant approvals and marketing, citing growing evidence of long-lasting side effects like persistent sexual dysfunction and emotional numbness. flag A 2023 study found 89% of 43 young men with post-SSRI sexual dysfunction had lasting nerve abnormalities, challenging the idea that such effects are temporary. flag Despite warnings since the 1990s and FDA acknowledgment in 2011 that sexual side effects from fluoxetine may persist, no boxed warning has been issued. flag Critics cite a conflict of interest due to industry-funded FDA fees and say patients remain inadequately informed about potential long-term harm.

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