Group Calls for Ban of Abbott’s ADD Drug
A 30-year-old Abbott Laboratories Inc. drug for attention deficit disorder poses an unacceptable risk of deadly liver damage and should be banned immediately, a U.S. consumer group said on Thursday.
Abbott sells the drug under the brand name Cylert, and generic companies sell a copycat version known as pemoline. Public Citizen said the drug had caused 21 cases of liver failure, including 13 that were fatal or required transplants.
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Grohol, J. (2005). Group Calls for Ban of Abbott’s ADD Drug. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/03/25/group-calls-for-ban-of-abbotts-add-drug/
