Parents and ADHD Patients Caught in the Middle as FDA Committees Disagree

Millions of parents have read the recent headlines that the FDA has recommended warning labels on medications used for the treatmentn of ADHD. These headlines have caused a lot of fear among parents, wondering if the medications that their children were using to help their ADHD might be dangerous.

We always want parents to make decisions based on facts, not on fear. So here are the important details of a disagreement between two committees. Knowing the whole story will surprise you.

On February 9, 2006, the FDA