{"id":85,"date":"2008-11-29T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T19:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/?p=85"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:43:51","slug":"use-of-antipsychotics-in-children-is-criticized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/29\/use-of-antipsychotics-in-children-is-criticized\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The New York Times<\/p>\n

November 18, 2008<\/div>\n
By GARDINER HARRIS<\/font><\/div>\n
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Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and federal drug regulators must do more to warn doctors of their substantial risks, a panel of federal drug experts said Tuesday.<\/div>\n
More than 389,000 children and teenagers were treated last year with Risperdal, one of five popular medicines known as atypical antipsychotics. Of those patients, 240,000 were 12 or younger, according to data presented to the committee. In many cases, the drug was prescribed to treat attention deficit disorders.But Risperdal is not approved for attention deficit problems, and its risks \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which include substantial weight gain, metabolic disorders and muscular tics that can be permanent \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are too profound to justify its use in treating such disorders, panel members said.<\/p>\n

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