MARTIN WHITLEY AUSTRALIAN CAMPAIGNER - ADHD medication suicide scare - radio programme

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Posted by: Gina Baker | 8 October, 2013 - 2:20 PM

4BC Mornings: Martin Whitley (ex MP), teacher and anti ADHD drugs campaigner speaks with Greg Cary on Strattera. The drug approved by the TGA (Therapeutic goods administration) and placed on the Australian PBS (pharmaceutical benefits scheme) is responsible for over 100 adverse event reports including suicides. Whitely says thse are only the tip of the iceberg with 2% of adverse events ever reported.

The ADHD drug Strattera has a black box warning. That is the highest possible warning a drug can rate before it is taken off the market. The list of predicatable outcomes for this drug includes death and suicidal ideation.

When the Federal Government says the benefits of Strattera outweigh the risks Greg asks how can you measure nebulous benfits such as less fidgeting against the risk of suicide and death and why is there not a call for Paliamentary inquiry on this drug?  

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