ADHD Drugs Tied to ER Visits
CDC Doctors Estimate More Than 3,000 Emergency Room Trips From ADHD Drugs in 2004
The journal also includes a letter by Steven Nissen, MD. He works at The Cleveland Clinic and was a consultant to the FDA's Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee for the hearings on ADHD drugs. In his letter to the journal, Nissen writes that he "strongly disagrees" with the idea that warnings about cardiovascular risks would discourage patients from receiving treatment.
"I cannot accept the paternalistic notion that patients and caregivers would be better off without information about drug risks," Nissen writes. "The presence of a black-box warning and a mandatory patient guide would probably stimulate useful discussions among patients, parents, and physicians about risks, benefits, and alternative therapies," he continues.
ADHD Drugs Tied to ER Visits
CDC Doctors Estimate More Than 3,000 Emergency Room Trips From ADHD Drugs in 2004
'Paternalistic' View?
The journal also includes a letter by Steven Nissen, MD. He works at The Cleveland Clinic and was a consultant to the FDA's Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee for the hearings on ADHD drugs. In his letter to the journal, Nissen writes that he "strongly disagrees" with the idea that warnings about cardiovascular risks would discourage patients from receiving treatment.
"I cannot accept the paternalistic notion that patients and caregivers would be better off without information about drug risks," Nissen writes. "The presence of a black-box warning and a mandatory patient guide would probably stimulate useful discussions among patients, parents, and physicians about risks, benefits, and alternative therapies," he continues.
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