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9, 2002
Atlanta Journal Constitution Letters Editor: On January 9th, an Associated Press story appeared in the AJC concerning the Tampa teen pilot who crashed an airplane into a skyscraper. As if his suicide isn't tragic enough, he was yet another teenager taking a prescription drug with insidious side effects. I
believe too many children and teenagers are
prescribed drugs whose
link to suicide and depression
is strong. Today, children and teenagers are prescribed anti
depressants despite the War on Drugs.
Our youth deserves to know side effects from their prescriptions.
I'm
tired of seeing commercials on television
marketing anti depressants
like everyone is mentally
"ill." Anti depressants like Paxil are even given to teenagers, but
I have yet to see anyone under 18
acting in a anti depressant television commercial or participating
in a clinical study.
What
does this have to do with the Tampa teen
pilot? Everything.
I wonder if the doctor who prescribed him
Accutane did so with full knowledge of the side effects. I
wonder
if the doctor failed, like many
Child and Adolescent psychiatrists do, to remember their first lesson
in medical school.
First,
do no harm.
Sincerely,
Tony
Zizza
1326 Waterton Trail Douglasville, GA 30134 |