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FDA drug warning comes as trial nears

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Until his wife took a drug called Neurontin, James Presley never recalled Carol Presley being depressed or having suicidal thoughts in their 21 years of marriage.James Presley, of Cobleskill, awoke one morning several years ago to find Carol in tears. She asked him for a gun. That's when he saw a glass of Drano on the counter with a straw in it and burn marks on his wife's lips.

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a warning that Neurontin and 10 other anti-epilepsy drugs increased the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The warning comes three years after the Presleys' lawyer petitioned the FDA to inform the public about suicidal tendencies associated with the drug.

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