Asthma drug Singulair: Parents urge caution over use in children over depression, suicide
Singulair is a 25-year-old drug prescribed for asthma and allergies. Parents of children who suicided believe it has created a health crisis in the US.
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Singulair is a 25-year-old drug prescribed for asthma and allergies. Parents of children who suicided believe it has created a health crisis in the US.
Singulair, now a generic, is still used by millions of people in the United States even after thousands of patients and dozens of studies have described harm.
In early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration responded to decades of escalating concerns about a commonly prescribed drug for asthma and allergies by deploying one of its most potent tools: a stark warning on the drug’s label that it could cause aggression, agitation and even suicidal thoughts. The agency’s label, which was primarily aimed at doctors, was supposed to sound an alert about the 25-year-old medication, Singulair, also known by its generic name, montelukast. But it barely dented u
A Nebraska man has been charged with four misdemeanor counts of motor vehicle homicide in connection with a Jan. 31 crash that killed four Topekans.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has been charged with four misdemeanor counts of motor vehicle in connection with a crash that killed four people from Kansas earlier this year. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Ronald Dubas of La Vista was charged in Cass County this month.