An Advisory Panel for the FDA has recently recommended that three anti-psychotic drugs be approved for doctors to prescribe for children. In adults, Seroquel, Zyprexa, and Geodon all carry mandatory black box warnings because they can cause weight gain, diabetes, hypertension and premature death. It is high risk behavior to put our kids on such potent drugs. There are safer drugs available, and a whole host of natural products that can be used to help children with psychiatric problems. Caution is particularly important when you have a whole lifetime ahead of you.
See the Health Science Institute, (click here) newsletter of 6/11/09
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