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Posted at 4:54 PM on Aug 22, 2008 by frightenedmother, #33725
My son became soo aggressive 3 days after starting Singulair, that he was almost banned from soccer for life because of attacking another player on the field. It resembled what I had heard of 'roid rage'. When I questioned the doctor immediately, was told there was no connection. After months of the aggression, then came depression and self mutilation. My 15 yr old was secretly burning himself to 'punish' himself for things he done wrong or "disappointing" those around him. He now has permanent scars all over his arms from these burns. The depression took to drug abuse and my A student fell to an F student in 6 weeks. He completely lost his will to live and thrive. After 4 months of hell, the dr informed us that the FDA just warned physicians of this side effect. Im furious now that I read through the court documents and find that the drug company knew this all along. I know I am a luckier parent than some whose children committed suicide, but still wish that the FDA would get off their BUTTS and do something to take this drug off the market. I was told by a rep at the FDA that Merck will not take it off the shelf until they're made to because even if they had to pay parents millions for their child's suicide, they would still be pocketing more profit than our children's lives are worth in the court system. Not sure WHY we even HAVE an FDA, they won't do anything to protect us from these money hungry drug companies. A YEAR to do an 'INVESTIGATION" are you kidding me? If the CEO of Merck had to bury his child, it would come off the shelf THAT DAY.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Aug 22, 2008 by flindy, #11484

heres one for you,the fda got 34 million dollars in bonuses last year...was your child safe....hell your dog wasnt even safe...if it was spinach that killed 3 made a few hundreds sick it would be pulled IMMEDIATLY off the shelves,but what the heck are a few thousand kids

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Reply about 1 year ago on Aug 23, 2008 by kate2, #11492

I hope you use your voice and let all the people know about this awful drug.Please file your report with the FDA at the official site.My child will not die in vain! We will continue to hound everyone we can, to get this drug labeled with the dangerous side effects in bold veiw .The FDA will probably never remove this drug from the market because of the money it makes for the company not because of the amazing efficacy of the drug.The doctors are all being told that the suicides are isolated incidents but ,that again is what they are being fed by the drug company sales reps.The whole system is so broken, like flindy said if it were spinach or tomatoes they would be pulling them off the shelves ,not allowing 9 months to make more money while they review the drug trials from years ago!Our children count and when and if they ever get that ,you will see change and not until then.Use your voice and make your story count that is what I recommend.Totally Fed Up Mom well I use to be mom until they took my child! Kate

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Reply about 1 year ago on Aug 25, 2008 by frightenedmother, #11564

Kate, my heart is breaking for you. I know as a mother I have not experienced ANYTHING like what you have went through. And yes, I have filed all the formal reports with the FDA and also directly to MERCK. I spoke with a lawyer in NJ and his words to me were this, "Unfortunately they (Merck) will not do anything until someone sues them" I promise you that I will be the first in line to sue, not for money, but if that is what it takes to prevent more harm to our children, I will lead the pack. I urge you to do the same, Kate, use your voice and together as parents we might be able to help another child or parent be spared this agony.

Flindy, its funny that you mentioned dogs....they DID take dog food off the shelf bc of the animal deaths. And our children are not more important than our animals? This country took the word "Freedom" and abused it to an unGodly measure. No one is accountable anymore.

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