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Group Calls for Ban of Abbott’s ADD Drug

By John M Grohol PsyD
March 25, 2005

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.

Dr. John Grohol is the CEO and founder of Psych Central. He has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues, and the intersection of technology and psychology since 1992.

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