ADHD Drugs: Causing Psychosis
"The FDA said stronger warnings are needed on the risk of psychosis, a mental disorder characterized by the inability to distinguish real and imaginary events.
'The most important finding of this review is that signs of psychosis or mania, particularly hallucinations, can occur in patients with no identifiable risk factors, at usual doses of any of the drugs used to treat ADHD,' according to a memo dated March 3 from two members of the agency's ADHD psychiatric review team.
The review said current labeling neither addresses those concerns nor does it 'clearly state the importance of stopping drug therapy in any patient who develops hallucinations or other signs or symptoms of psychosis or mania during drug treatment of ADHD.'
The review found almost 1,000 reports of psychosis or mania possibly linked to the drugs -- which included Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin and Strattera -- from Jan. 1, 2000, through June 30, 2005."
'The most important finding of this review is that signs of psychosis or mania, particularly hallucinations, can occur in patients with no identifiable risk factors, at usual doses of any of the drugs used to treat ADHD,' according to a memo dated March 3 from two members of the agency's ADHD psychiatric review team.
The review said current labeling neither addresses those concerns nor does it 'clearly state the importance of stopping drug therapy in any patient who develops hallucinations or other signs or symptoms of psychosis or mania during drug treatment of ADHD.'
The review found almost 1,000 reports of psychosis or mania possibly linked to the drugs -- which included Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin and Strattera -- from Jan. 1, 2000, through June 30, 2005."
—Jennifer Corbett Dooren, "FDA Urges Stronger Warnings on ADHD Drugs," The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2006, at online.wsj.com
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