ADHD drugs taken by children are the suspected cause of serious side effects, including suicide. The drug Strattera, is one of the drugs listed in Health Canada’s adverse reaction database.

Adverse Reaction Report No. 324764

Submitted by: Health Professional
Date: 2009
Location: Canada
Patient: Male
Age: 15 years old
Suspect Drug: Strattera
Side Effect: Completed Suicide

This is just one of nearly 600 cases of Canadian kids suffering serious, sometimes fatal side effects suspected to have been caused by ADHD medications in the past 10 years.

A Toronto Star investigation has found a growing number of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and parents are reporting that they believe attention deficit drugs are causing major health problems in patients, many as young as 6 and 7 years old.

The federal government is not listening.

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