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Black box warning on ADHD medications (?)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 145723" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>This Ritalin Medication Guide which you linked was last updated in April, 2007. </p><p></p><p>Two years ago one committee at the FDA recommended the additional black box warning for aggression for stimulants but a second committee voted it down. It was related to cardiovascular risk. It was also considering a black box warnings for aggressive events and suicidal behavior but they weren't added either.</p><p></p><p><em>All</em> the amphetamine/amphetamine-like stims have a black box waring about potential for addiction. Adderall XR and Dexedrine carry an additional warning about cardiovascular events and sudden death. This is from Adderall XR: </p><p> </p><p></p><p>The prescribing informations for all the stims have <em>always</em> said that the drugs should be started at low dose and increased only if the low dose isn't effective and that doctors must periodically reevaluate need when the drug is taken over a long period of time. And they say that the doses should be lowered or, if necessary, discontinued of side effects occur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 145723, member: 1498"] This Ritalin Medication Guide which you linked was last updated in April, 2007. Two years ago one committee at the FDA recommended the additional black box warning for aggression for stimulants but a second committee voted it down. It was related to cardiovascular risk. It was also considering a black box warnings for aggressive events and suicidal behavior but they weren't added either. [I]All[/I] the amphetamine/amphetamine-like stims have a black box waring about potential for addiction. Adderall XR and Dexedrine carry an additional warning about cardiovascular events and sudden death. This is from Adderall XR: The prescribing informations for all the stims have [I]always[/I] said that the drugs should be started at low dose and increased only if the low dose isn't effective and that doctors must periodically reevaluate need when the drug is taken over a long period of time. And they say that the doses should be lowered or, if necessary, discontinued of side effects occur. [/QUOTE]
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