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FDA Looking at Suicide Risks of Popular Drugs

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It seems that some suicides might be linked to a variety of drugs that are surprising experts. In one case, the Associated Press (AP) reports a 15-year-old high school football player taking the allergy and asthma medication Singular hanged himself. In another, the AP reports that a physician taking Neurontin for an old back injury also hanged himself. The victims’ families believe the drugs, which were prescribed to relieve physical—not psychological—symptoms, upset their family members mental and emotional balance. Now, federal drug regulators are investigating, says the AP.

About two months following the teen’s suicide, Merck & Company—maker of Singulair—revised its prescribing literature to indicate that some patients experienced suicidal thinking and behavior. Merck said that the death could be a coincidence. “Singulair is a really effective drug that has been on the market 10 years and has been taken by millions of patients,” said Dr. Alan Ezekowitz, an asthma expert with Merck.

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