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posted 01/16/2009, comments (0)

FDA Update on Singulair Concludes No Association with Suicide or Suicidal behavior

The FDA issued an update on 1/13/09 regarding their saftey review of Singulair. They stated that they reviewed data from 41 placebo-controlled trials with almost 18,000 patients and there was one adult patient (o.o1%) out of 9929 patients treated with Singulair who had suicidal thoughts and there were NO suicides. This appears to be... Read more Chevron

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Sloane Miller

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posted 03/31/2008, comment (1)

Singulair and the FDA: Are they keeping us safe?

Did you see the reports last week that Singulair was going to be investigated by the Food and Drug Administration for reports of a "casual relationship" between the drug and suicidality? According to the FDA's report on the asthma drug: "FDA is investigating a possible association between the use of Singulair and... Read more Chevron

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Nancy Sanker

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posted 03/31/2008, comment (1)

Singulair and Asthma: Getting Scared Smart

My e-mail is buzzing. "Have you seen the news about Singulair? Are you worried?" The short answer is, "No, I'm not concerned at all." Maybe you're concerned - now is the time to get scared smart. This is not the first or the last time there will be press releases like the one released from Merck linking use... Read more Chevron

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