§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has as to the relationship between anti-depressants and suicide deaths broken down by individual drug.
§ Mr. BowisSuicide deaths and undetermined deaths involving poisoning by an anti-depressant drug are shown in the tables, which are derived from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys "Mortality Statistics: Injury and Poisoning for England and Wales" (Series DH4 No. 17), copies of which are available in the Library. In many cases the anti-depressant was taken in combination with or in addition to another type of drug.690W
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Deaths by Poisoning-Suicide-England and Wales 1991 by Anti-depressant Drugs (Anti-depressant shown in bold) Drug Number of Persons Aftershave dettol lofepramine 11 Amitriptyline 36(51) Amitriptyline chloral hydrate 1(11) Amitriptyline chloral hydrate chlorpromazine 1 Amitriptyline chlorpromazine 1 Amitriptyline chlorpromazine procyclidine 1 Amitriptyline codeine 1 Amitriptyline desmethyldothiepin dothiepin nortriptyline 1 Amitriptyline diazepam dothiepin 1 Amitriptyline dihydrocodeine 1 Amitriptyline lofepramine 1 Amitriptyline nortriptyline 1 Amitriptyline paracetamol 1 Amitriptyline paracetamol salicylate (Nos)2 1(11) Amitriptyline temazapam 5(11) Amitriptyline theophylline 1 Amitriptyline thioridazine 2 Amitriptyline trifluoperazine 1 Amitriptyline oxazepam 1 Amitriptyline Soldapeine 1 Amoxapine 1(11) Amoxapine chlorpromazine 1 Amoxapine tranylcypromine 1 Amylobarbitone dothiepin quinalbarbitone 1 Anadin extra co-proxamol lofepramine Prothiaden 1(11) Benzodiazepine (Nos) dothiepin temazepam 1(11) Benzodiazepine (Nos) opiate (Nos) paracetamol propoxyphene tricyclic antidepressant(Nos) 1 1 Benzodiazepine (Nos) tricyclic antidepressant(Nos) 1(11) Butriptyline desalkyflurazepam paracetamol Prothiaden 1 Caffeine Prothiaden paracetamol salicylate (Nos) temazepam 1(11) Chlormethiazole dothiepin trimipramine 1 Chlorpromazine dothiepin procyclidine 1 Chlorpromazine imipramine 1 Clomipramine 1 Clomipramine dextropropoxyphene paracetamol 1 Co-proxamol dothiepin 2 Co-proxarnol imipramine 1 Codeine dothiepin salicylate (Nos.) 1 Desipramine imipramine terodiline 1 Desmethyldothiepin dothiepin temazapam 1 Dextropropoxyphene Fluoxetine norfluoxetine paracetamol thioridazine 1 Dextropropoxyphene paracetamol Prothiaden 1 Diazepam diothiepin 3 Diazepam imipramine 1 Diazepam Prothiaden 1(11) Dicamba Herbicide dothiepin 1 Dihydrocodeine dothiepin 1 Distalgesic dothiepin 1 Disulfiram dothiepin nitrazepam thioridazine 1 Dothiepin (Prothiaden-31) 87(71) Dothiepin desmethyldothiepin norpropoxyphene paracetamol propoxyphene temazepam 1 Dothiepin doxepin thioridazine Veganin 1 Dothiepin naftidrofuryl temazepam terodiline trimethoprim 1 Dothiepin nortriptyline 1 Dothiepin paracetamol 2 Dothiepin paracetamol temazepam 1 Dothiepin prochlorperazine 1 Dothiepin propoxyphene 1 Dothiepin temazepam 2
Drug Number of Persons Dothiepin Eltroxin 1 Doxepin 3 Faverin temazepam 1 Fluoxetine 1 Gamanil 1 Imipramine 10(11) Imipramine paracetamol temazapam 1 Impramine temazapan 1 Ludiomil 1 Morphine Prothiaden 1 Motival 1 Nitrazepam Tryptizol 1(11) Nortriptyline 1 Nortriptyline Stelazine 1 Paracetamol trycyclic antidepressant (Nos.) 1 Paracetamol Prothiaden 2 Phenothiazine Prothiaden 1 Prothiaden sinequan 1 Salicylate (Nos.) trimipramine 1 Sertraline 1(11) Trazodone 1 Tricyclic Antidepressant (Nos.) 1 Trimipramine (Surmontil-1) 4(11) Triptafen 1 Tryprizol 1 Viloxazine 1 Total 230(261) 1 Number of deaths with mention of alcohol. 2 Nos=Not otherwise stated ie refers to drugs within a particular sub-group— eg tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, salicyclates, etc., which are not separately identified in the table. 692W
Deaths by Poisoning—Undetermined whether Accidentally or Purposely 1nflicted —England and Wales 1991 by Anti-Depressant Drugs (Anti-Depressant shown in bold) Drug Number of Persons Amitriptyline 25(31) Amitriptyline aspirin benzodiazepine (Nos) codeine temazapam 1 Amitriptyline carbomazepine 1 Amitriptyline chlorpromazine 2 Amitriptyline codeine 1 Amitriptyline dextropropoxyphene paracetamol 1 Amitriptyline diazepam 2 Amitriptyline diazepam methadone thioridazine 1(11) Amitriptyline dihydrocodeine 2 Amitriptyline lithium temazepam 1 Amitriptyline methadone thioridazine 1 Amitriptyline nortriptyline 2 Amitriptyline paracetamol 2(11) Amoxapine 2 Amphetamine dothiepin 1 Artane Piportil Prothiaden 1 Aspirin dothiepin 1 Baclofen buprenorphine Celevac clomiparine indomethacin nitrazepam 1 Benzodiazepine (Nos) dihydrocodeine dothiepin 1 Carbamazepine dothiepin 1 Carbamazepine phenothiazine Prothiaden 1(11) Chloral Hydrate chlordiazepoxide trazodone 1 Chlordiazepoxide Parnate propranolol 1 Chlormethiazole Prothiaden 1(11) Chlorpromazine clomipramine paracetamol procyclidine 1 Clomipramine 1
Drug Number of persons Clomipramine diazepam paracetamol temazepam 1(11) Clomipramine procyclidine 1 Co-proxamol dothiepin 1 Codeine dothiepin paracetamol 1 Desipramine 1 Desipramine ibuprofen paracetamol procyclidine temazepam 1 Dextropropoxyphene dothiepin 1 Diazepam doxepin 1(11) Dihydrocodeine dothiepin 1 Distalgic Prothiaden 1 Dothiepin (Prothiaden-31) 62(51) Dothiepin haloperidol Modecate procyclidine 1 Dothiepin paracetamol 2(11) Dothiepin propoxyphene 1 Dothiepin thioridazine 1 Fluoxetine Prothiaden 1 Imipramine 9(11) Imipramine paracetamol 1 Imipramine salicylate (nos) 1 Imipramine temazapam 1 Nortriptyline 1 Prothiaden temazepam 1 Sulpiride trimipramine 1 Trimipramine 1(11) Trimiparine trimiparzine 1 Total 151(171) 1 Number of deaths with mention of alcohol. Nos=Not otherwise stated i.e. refers to drugs within a particular sub-group—eg tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, salicyclates, etc., which are not separately identified in the table.