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Posted at 3:39 AM on Nov 26, 2007 by emtjenny, #25228
Folks seriously this drug is bad news. Yes it worked great for my son's asthma. We thought it was a wonder drug. Then things changed. My son had horrible side effects to this also. It took us 5 months to link it to the meds. I realized after reading this website and all the blogs from other parents. My son is 4 years old and had the following symptoms: Weight loss, poor appetite, muscle and joint pain, headaches, unexplained fevers, complained of seeing colors, blue under the eyes, severe stomach cramps and horrible horrible thoughts no 4 year old should ever experience in their mind. I did not even know who my child was that is how scary it was. This is such a dangerous drug. I have talked to several other parents who this has happened too including having seizures out of the blue with no history. I work in the medical field and it seems only a few docs are recognizing this. I have seen this in other kids. This drug may be great for others and yes there are side effects to every medication. However I do not think all these children are having the same side effects. Do you?? SERIOUSLY TAKE YOUR KIDS OFF THIS TERRIBLE DRUG, REPORT IT TO THE FDA!!!
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Reply over 2 years ago on Nov 28, 2007 by kate2, #3132

I applaud you for your words to report your findings ,it is the way to make a necessary change. I am the mother of the boy who took his life after 17 days on this drug!We are getting results by way of our local senator here in ny.The Attorney Generals office is now reviewing our case,Merck just as of september changed their leaflet information of side effects adding mood behavior changes to call doctor immediatley,how convenient for them our son died on August 4 2007 and the warning was not there! The commercials say nothing of the dangers as of yet but we hope to make more warnings an absolute necessity. Our doctors in the pediatric practice we used knew nothing of these side effects and have been prescribing this drug for years to innocent children and unknowing parents!TIME FOR CHANGE,WAKE UP PARENTS AND TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE!

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