To: muawiyah
It is notorious for being incorrectly prescribed.
From the article:
Belben was given Citalopram by one GP, Dr Imran Ramjan, even though its use with under-18s was banned in 2003. When the schoolboy complained of feeling in a 'dream-like state', another doctor at the practice, Teresa Thomas, put him on daily 20mg dose of Prozac - the only SSRI still allowed for children - despite warnings that 12-18-year-olds should start on 10mg."
31 posted on
02/07/2009 2:41:46 PM PST by
allmost
To: allmost
Note ~ incorrectly prescribed means INCORRECTLY PRESCRIBED!
That's what the doctor does ~ not the drug.
This business of leaping to the conclusion the drug had an adverse effect but the doctor is innocent (he's just standing there scratching his head dumbfounded by it all) is like arguing that guns leap off tables and shoot people!
33 posted on
02/07/2009 2:46:41 PM PST by
muawiyah
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