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Normally, when you think of people who are suicidal, your mind will not immediately correlate such people with sore eyes and a runny nose.  Your views may soon change.  The FDA is currently reviewing certain prescription drugs because there is some reason to believe that their use will increase suicidal thoughts.  Some of the drugs in question are for ailments that one might not at first expect.  Singulair, for instance, has been linked to the suicide of an otherwise normal 15 year-old from upstate New York.  The boy, Cody Miller, started to develop severe mood swings after using Singulair, and eventually hung himself in a closet in his family’s home.

Miller’s death is only one in a string of suicides that might have roots in prescription drugs.  People within the medical community remain skeptical however.  A doctor for Merc, Dr. Alan Ezekowitz, reportedly said the following in regard to Miller’s death:

“Singulair is a really effective drug that has been on the market 10 years and has been taken by millions of patients.  In over 40 placebo-controlled trials, no reports of suicide in Singulair-treated groups have been found.”

Regardless of what the drug companies may be saying, the FDA has decided to step in and take a closer look at suicides which may have resulted from prescription drug use.  The initial results of a FDA probe showed only a slight increase in suicidal thoughts among a group of 1,000 patients.  Hopefully the FDA will sort out the problem and determine which drugs may not be safe.

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