“ More than 389,000 children and teenagers were treated last year with Risperdal, one of five popular medicines known as atypical antipsychotics. Of those patients, 240,000 were 12 or younger, according to data presented to the committee. In many cases, the drug was prescribed to treat attention deficit disorders.
But Risperdal is not approved for attention deficit problems, and its risks — which include substantial weight gain, metabolic disorders and muscular tics that can be permanent — are too profound to justify its use in treating such disorders, panel members said.
But Risperdal is not approved for attention deficit problems, and its risks — which include substantial weight gain, metabolic disorders and muscular tics that can be permanent — are too profound to justify its use in treating such disorders, panel members said.
Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized - NYTimes.com
Incredible. I can’t believe any doctor would agree to prescribing a medication like that to a child.
(via robot-heart)
everything else aside, i think if any of those “panel members” had adhd into adulthood that hasn’t responded to medicine and is unbearable on a daily basis, they may think a little weight gain would be justified.
bookmarked article to read later.
