Risks of ADHD drugs finally revealed by the US FDA.

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http://mental-health.press-world.com/v/72477/fda-warning-confirms-adh...09/10/2006FDA Warning Confirms ADHD Drugs Cause Sudden Death, Heart Attack andStrokesDespite vested interests in the mental health industry continuouslydownplaying the documented risks of ADHD drugs, the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) has finally agreed that the public has the rightto know the drugs' deadly risks.The FDA has ordered that the labeling of ADHD drugs include a warningthat the drugs can cause suppression of growth, psychosis, aggressionand serious cardiovascular side effects. The warnings came in the wakeof an international grassroots movement of doctors, medical personnel,human rights activists, and parents who have long fought for fulldisclosure of the documented risks of the drugs by

testifying beforestate and federal legislators and drug regulatory agencies, as well asspeaking out in the national media.In it's August 22 article, "FDA Orders Strong Warning on Stimulants,"the New York Times reports that this recent warning "significantlystrengthen the risk information already on these drugs. Thewarnings state in part, 'Sudden deaths, strokes and myocardialinfarction have been reported in adults taking stimulant drugs atusual doses.'" These warnings caution about an increased risk ofstrokes and heart attacks and "come after scattered reports ofchildren dropping dead suddenly while taking the drugs."Steven Nissen, president of the American College of Cardiology andchairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic is quoted in thearticle: "It's a very strong warning. It's appropriately worded. Itbasically lets physicians and patients know that these drugs to haveserious

cardiovascular side effects."In February, an FDA advisory committee strongly recommended that theFDA require all ADHD drugs come with a black box warning, the FDA'sstrictest warning, exposing the risk of drug-induced heart attack,stroke and sudden death. In March, a different committee convened andrecommended additional warnings about psychological side effects.Earlier this year, Australia launched an urgent investigation into thesafety of ADHD drugs following 400 adverse reactions involvingchildren as young as three. The United Nations' Committee on theRights of the Child reported in September 2005 that it was concernedthat ADHD and ADD "are being misdiagnosed and thereforepsycho-stimulant drugs are being over-prescribed, despite the growingevidence of the harmful effects of these drugs." In the last yearalone, there have been ten international warnings that ADHD drugs cancause suicide, psychosis,

hallucinations and mania. Four of thesewarnings specifically address the potentially fatal cardiovascularrisks of ADHD drugs.12 international warnings have been issued on the dangers ofantidepressants, which include suicide, addiction, homicidal ideation,liver damage and heart attacks. Five of these international warningson antidepressants warn about the risks to pregnant women and theirnewborn babies. They show the risks of taking antidepressants duringpregnancy are drug dependence for the mother as well as birth defects,heart malformation or a fatal lung condition in the newborn.To see more about the deadly effects of psychiatric drugs prescribedto millions of children, read the Report on the EscalatingInternational Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs, published by theCitizen's Commission on Human Rights, a psychiatric watchdog groupestablished by the Church of Scientology. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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