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...Setting the Record Straight Suitable For Use Our health reporting on drugs for treating children with mood and behavior problems [Dec. 8] stated that Zoloft has not been approved for children. The FDA has approved Zoloft expressly for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and teens...
...overweight or obese children has tripled since then, along with all manner of related health risks, from diabetes to heart disease. And now our quick-fix society has come up with a pill for the problem: Xenical, the first obesity drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adolescents...
...several medications on the market that limit the body's ability to digest fat, Xenical (also called orlistat) was approved for adults in 1999. In fact, it was the FDA that originally encouraged Xenical's manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche, to study its effectiveness in the pediatric population. The company selected 357 obese kids ages 12 to 16 and put them on both Xenical and a low-fat diet. As a control, 182 equally overweight teens were put on the same diet and a placebo. At the end of the study, the Xenical children had lower body-mass indexes than...
Access to contraception can still cause a ruckus these days. But the effort to make the morning-after pill available as an over-the-counter drug is sailing along pretty smoothly. Two FDA advisory committees voted last week 28 to 4 to recommend that the pill known as Plan B be as easy to buy as condoms or cough syrup. Plan B is a high-dose oral contraceptive that prevents fertilization or the implantation of a fertilized egg within 72 hours after intercourse. (Unlike the drug RU 486, it cannot induce an abortion.) "The vote," says committee member James Trussell...
...careful one and offers a good guide for anyone considering an Internet drug purchase. The pharmacies that the plan uses must be licensed in Canada and approved by the state. Buyers must have prescriptions written by American doctors and approved by Canadian physicians. The drugs have to be FDA approved and must be shipped in their original packaging. Sounds pretty safe...