Perhaps, the FDA's black-box verdict on Strattera last fall had an impact on a FDA advisory panel's ruling, adding more attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs Focalin, Adderall, Methylin, Ritalin, Metadate and Concerta to that lethal list yesterday.
By a razor-thin 8-7 margin, the panel approved the black box warning based on reports of cardiovascular problems and, in particular, the sudden deaths of 25 adults and children who took ADHD drugs between 1999-2003.
FYI, Adderall already comes with a warning that abusing it could cause heart attack, stroke or sudden death, and it was pulled for a while in by Health Canada, the Canadian equivalent to America's FDA, before being reinstated
Unfortunately, unless patients pay attention -- many experts believe they don't -- those black box warnings will have little effect. Just know that there are a number of measures you can take to treat ADHD naturally and safely:
USA Today February 10, 2006