On 13 February 1998 60-year-old Donald Schell of Gillette, Wyoming, took two guns and shot his wife and daughter and 9-month-old granddaughter dead. Each victim took at least at least three shots to the head. Afterwards, Schell turned one of the guns on himself and ended his life. All this took place two days after Don Schell began taking Paxil for sleep problems.
Paxil is an antidepressant, one of a class of drugs known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, or SSRI’s. The generic name for Paxil is paroxetine. In the UK, paroxetine is marketed as Seroxat.
