This drug has been rejected by the FDA many times before and they just recently approved it. The side effects of the drug were concerning which caused it to be rejected so many times. Dr. Susan Wood, a former FDA official, said that the drug is not very effective or safe. Wood also has been quoted, saying that, “It won’t benefit…
Trials started only two years before the release, while most drug trials take 8 times longer than that in order to be proven as safe (CCFA, 2016). This is a “Type I error”, which means that the drug was approved as safe to use and was later found to be harmful (Philipson, 2012). Chemie Grünenthal tried to make a deal with an American company, which was rejected, and so eventually made an arrangement with the William S Merrell company in the United States. Chemie Grünenthal should have taken the rejection from the first company as a warning that the drug should not be marketed as safe for even pregnant women. This drug caused many birth defects that resulted in emotional and physical pain and displacement.…
Dr. March and other experts argue that, “the cost of leaving depressed children and teenagers untreated is high; depression itself can be a lethal illness” (Goode Erica 5). As a result, many feel that without medication, young patients are left untreated which can lead to serious problems and even suicidal thoughts. This claim is also bolstered by scientific research, which seems to indicate that there’s no harm in using antidepressants. For instance, Dr. Grae stated that, “He had treated more than 2,000 children with SSRIs and had not seen a case where he thought the drugs produced suicidal thoughts or behavior” (Goode Erica 3). To emphasize this quote, supporters believe that there is no harm by treating children with antidepressants.…
However, all types of antidepressants showed limitations of using and effectiveness on depression among juvenile offenders. Tricyclic antidepressants require careful monitoring, including blood tests and electro-cardiograms due to a likelihood of increasing the patient’s heart rate and slowing the heart's electrical conduction system. If that level of monitoring cannot be provided in a detention facility then serious consideration should be given to using a different medication. In addition, tricyclic antidepressants have the potential of accidental overdose which is the greatest risk and this should be considered when treating suicidal adolescents (Ryan& Redding, 2004). A report by the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] found a relationship…
Since the 1950’s, antidepressants have been the most overused drug on earth (Medical). The usage of antidepressants are increasing by the minute. According to the Medical News Today (MNT) article, in the year of 1996, nearly thirteen million people were users of antidepressants (Medical). According to Jon Jureidini and Anne Tonkin, the possibility of harm from the overuse of antidepressants has attracted far less attention (Jureidini 623). Many antidepressants are overused all over the world.…
An estimated 350 million people of all ages around the world suffer from depression. Depression is very different from when you just get sad sometimes or have a reaction to a challenge,depression changes how you feel every second of the day, it's not short lived. It is a very common mental disorder, characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of tiredness, and poor concentration. Although we know many effective treatments for depression fewer than half and in some countries fewer than ten percent affected by depression receive these treatments. Many people can't get to effective care because,first a lack of resources, lack of trained health care providers,…
Many psychotropic medications are not approved for most children. So, all people should be aware of the harm overmedicating children because it can affect a child for the rest of he or she life. This will help to improve children well- being and make sure are not forgotten. Foster care children should feel the same ways as a normal child. Some people should think before medicated a child at very young age.…
Misdiagnosis for children Joey Rivera Professor Hodge Goodwin College English 300 11/23/15 Are meds necessary or are you a lazy parent? (Ellis, 2012, pg1)” Between 2005 and 2011 data had been collected to show that there was an increase in mental illnesses for children ages 3-17. “ADHD (6.8%) Behavioral or conduct problems (3.5%) Anxiety (3.0%) Depression (2.1%) Autism spectrum disorders (1.1%) (CDC, 2015, para 9” the problem with these numbers is not that there going up it is that there is a misdiagnosis occurring.…
Regulations for Mental Health Drugs, Child Welfare and Nursing Homes are all concerns of many people. Ask yourselves should the regulations for our Mental Health Drugs, Child Welfare and Nursing Homes be changed? I believe when these regulation are changed it would help the people who are impacted. Some regulations will not change or looked over because of the way it was written and implemented. Regulation change in the world so that they meet the need of many people.…
The Foster Care System Faces Issues In the United States there are 397,122 children in the foster care system and while most foster “parents” do all they can for these children others do less than what is needed of these children. Statistics show that if nothing changes by the year 2020 more than 22,500 children will have been abused or mistreated in the foster care system. More often than not the foster system does more harm than help. Most foster children are abused, moved around way too much, and continuously in pain due to loss of friends, family, and homes.…
Firstly, antidepressants can increase depression, and worsen someone’s mental health. For example, my personal experience is as follows. After my mother’s divorce, her depression began to take over. She began to shut her entire family out. That’s when doctors had prescribed her antidepressants and thus began the suicide attempts.…
The drug itself is also a controversial item. Due to new studies, thalidomide has been proven to work in order to treat certain skin cancers and thalidomide has been reintroduced to the market. However, there are still many who don’t believe that this was a good decision because the drug is able to create horrible malformations in new babies. In this situation, the strengths are the fact that the FDA now requires extensive testing and that chemical disasters are less likely to occur. Through science, we also now have the ability to track and monitor drugs and their reactions to the human body.…
By 1962, the drug had been sold in 46 countries and it became clear that the pill was damaging the fetus and was causing birth defects such as still birth and phocomelia. This pill ended up affecting thousands of babies in Europe. In the United States, a NDA for the pill was submitted in 1960 but was delayed due to the FDA investigating another issue somewhere else. The FDA did not even suspect that the pill was causing birth defects. The FDA’s delay on the NDA of this pill saved many lives in the U.S., because officials then saw what was happening in Europe and did everything they could to ban the drug from the American market.…
Parents assert that the drug has too many side effects involved and that it is unsafe. If you look at more closely though, this is just one of the many drugs that causes side effects. In my opinion I believe we should…
The Anti-drug are trying to prevent drug use as well as treating addict. The most effect in drugs is young people. It’s not unusual for people to feel confused about taking drugs, people may be…