Word: strattera
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BLACK-BOX WARNINGS For a pharmaceutical, it's the equivalent of a SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK sign, and this year the Food and Drug Administration issued a couple of big ones. One was for Strattera, a commonly prescribed treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. It earned a boxed warning after reports linking the drug to suicidal thoughts in children and teenagers. The other drug to earn an alert was the popular painkiller Celebrex, part of the class of so-called COX-2 inhibitors that came under scrutiny last year for their heart-related side effects. Its label now warns...
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