Colin Dormuth is an epidemiologist in Canada who reviewed all prescriptions involving atypical antipsychotics and written for children in B.C. over the last decade.
From the CBC news article:
"Medical research out of the University of British Columbia suggests the number of children taking medications known as atypical antipsychotics has increased tenfold over the past decade, CBC News has learned.
The drugs — a class of medicines used to treat psychosis and other mental and emotional conditions — can have potentially serious side-effects, and are linked to increases in stroke and sudden death in adults.
Health Canada has not approved atypical antipsychotics for children.
"None of the atypical antipsychotics approved in Canada [Risperidone, Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Clozapine, Paliperidone, Ziprasidone] are indicated for use in children," Philippe Laroche, a Health Canada spokesman, told CBC News in an email on Thursday."
The names you'll recognize of the drugs listed in the article:
Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa, Clozaril, Invega(cheap knock-off of Risperdal), and Geodon.
These are all powerful chemicals created for psychosis symptoms and should not be used in children in my opinion, based on watching my daughter suffer as an 11 year old through the last decade of her life, she has taken all of the drugs listed (and more).
I feel it is with reckless abandon of care of doctors to prescribe these drugs to children, especially for behavior control.
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I found the link to the CBC article at the mental health news site, Furious Seasons, a blog written by an investigative journalist.
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