ADDERAL taken off Canadian market

[Jennita]

Originally Posted by Bosmom

Well, I can see this has stirred a debate which I had not intended.
I got my information from a Canadian news website which I consider at least as reliable as our major news sources in the US. I agree there are many different variations of stories on any given subject on the 'net and elsewhere. But my point was simply to report that Canada had found this information serious enough to pull Adderal and Adderal XR off the market until further notice. Apparently, Canada believes in being PROactive and the US believes in being REactive. And in the case of Vioxx, this FDA (the one with the "real" facts-LOL) is putting this dangerous drug back on the market because apparently, it hasn't KILLED enough people for the FDA to be satisfied with.
I don't care if it's 12, 20 or 40 that Adderal has adversely affected. I care that it was ONE. Someone somewhere has lost a CHILD to this drug. Would 12, 20 or 40 matter to you if that ONE child were YOURS?
I believe in medicating a child with ADD as a last resort. These types of drugs can be lifesavers for children who have a difficult time learning. But I think before parents put their children on these drugs, they should educate themselves on the pros and cons as well as other forms of treatment.
Barb

Great post Barb! I think good intentioned posts like yours gets misinterpreted as attack, causing defensiveness when all you are doing is presenting another side of the information out there and making people think....

[LuvMyLilDoggie]

Thanks Jennita! I appreciate your support.
Barb

[Amy2838]

It just seems a little cruel to completely ban the drug, because it has helped SO many people, and they will now have to go through withdrawals and get acclimated to another drug which probably won't even work very well. From what I've read on this thread, the deaths only occurred in patients who already had heart problems. Banning the drug from EVERYBODY seems a little over-the-top and ultra-reactionary. I agree with the FDA when they decided to add a warning on the lable for patients with a history of cardiovascular problems to avoid taking this medicine. That way everyone else can still continue taking it. I mean people have died from taking Viagra, but they didn't ban that! (Well, they may have banned it in Canada...I don't know. Did they?)

Amy

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Originally Posted by Bosmom

I believe in medicating a child with ADD as a last resort. These types of drugs can be lifesavers for children who have a difficult time learning. But I think before parents put their children on these drugs, they should educate themselves on the pros and cons as well as other forms of treatment.

I couldn't agree more.

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Okay, here's something I'd like to discuss. A couple of you have expressed disgust that Cox-2 inhibitors (Vioxx, et al) are back on the market in the US. Since those drugs have come under scrutiny, I've seen countless elderly patients in *a*g*o*n*y* because their arthritis is now essentially untreated. At our age, you have no conception of how agonizing and debilitating arthritis can be. Without that class of drug and Aleve (which is also now considered to be more dangerous), their choices are 1) Tylenol which is ineffective 2)Aspirin with its risks (do you have any idea how many people die each year from GI bleeds?) and 3) prescription narcotic pain relievers.

So, is it possible - just possible, that's all - that the Cox-2 inhibitors (Vioxx, et al) even with their risks are less risky than putting elderly patients on narcotics to control their pain? Is it possible, just possible, that there were other factors involved in the decision to allow these drugs to be prescribed with restrictions than money alone?

Now, you want to know what disgusts ME??? That pharmaceutical companies are allow to advertise directly to consumers. I still don't understand THAT decision.