In article , Mark Probert writes:
"Twenty-five people died suddenly and 54 others suffered serious
unexplained heart problems while taking stimulant drugs like Ritalin
from 1999 through 2003, according to reports sent to federal drug
regulators."

Now, let's take a minute and analyze this. Twenty-five people died over
the course of 5 years. That averages to 5 deaths per year. The NYTimes
then reports that "...[a]bout 29 million prescriptions were written in
2004 for Ritalin, Adderall and similar drugs to treat attention deficit
disorder and hyperactivity, most of them for children."

How many people died over the same period of Tylenol (or the many generic
equivalents) overdose? How many more suffered life threatening
complications, or are now on a wait list for an organ transplant from
Tylenol. And why aren't these same people SCREAMING to pull Tylenol off the
market.


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improperly administered -- Lyndon Johnson, former President of
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