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...children taking antidepressants had increased suicidal thoughts and actions, though the FDA has not shown antidepressants to be the precise cause. According to Medco Health Solutions, the last year has seen a 10 percent reduction in antidepressant prescriptions for patients under 18, in large part due to the FDA??s action. Amongst all antidepressants, only Prozac has been approved by the FDA to treat pediatric depression. Zoloft, though it has not specifically been approved to treat depression in children, has been approved by the FDA to treat pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder. However, an FDA-approved drug...
...tainted.” Granted, it is not the role of the FDA to legitimize or de-legitimize any number of lifestyles (from injecting intravenous drugs to having sex with men to traveling to Africa or Great Britain) by allowing or disallowing such individuals to donate blood. The FDA??s job is, simply, to maintain an adequate, safe supply of blood for patients who need it. But the FDA is only succeeding on one count: the blood is safe. Donated blood is in short supply nationwide, and the problem is particularly acute in New England, where recent winter...
...once again considering Plan B, otherwise known as “the morning after pill,” for over-the-counter sale. The agency rejected the first such application last year, claiming there was not enough research on the dangers of the drug to young teenagers. Yet the FDA??s own expert panel agreed that the emergency contraception should be made available over-the-counter?...
...FDA??s advisory panel voted unanimously last spring to approve the drug for over-the-counter sale, which only underscores the unacceptable interference of politics in the FDA??s previous decision. While opponents worry that over-the-counter availability of the drug will result in more risky sexual behavior amongst teenagers, here it seems that science also disagrees. In a six-month study of women who were given a supply of emergency contraception to keep at home, researchers found that they were no more likely to have unprotected sex than those without unrestricted access...
Aside from the questionable sincerity of the FDA??s proceedings, the rejected proposal is a medical tragedy for women across the nation. Emergency contraception is a safe and effective method of reducing a woman’s risk of becoming pregnant with and effectiveness of between 75 to 99 percent. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, over-the-counter availability of Plan B would result in 1.7 million fewer unwanted pregnancies and 800,000 fewer abortions each year. Moreover, a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology has shown that providing sexually active teenage...