Letter: Too many drugs prescribed to kids

Monday, April 18, 2005 | 9:03 a.m.

This letter is to comment on the psychiatric/medical community's reliance on prescription drugs, i.e., Prozac and associated psychotropic medications, which are being prescribed for children at younger and younger ages.

It is very disconcerting to learn from the media about the overuse of these drugs for children. This puts the children in danger of acting out their feelings by hurting or even killing themselves and others.

This is an urgent plea to the doctors and providers of these drugs to put the safety and well-being of adults and children ahead of an enhanced prescription drugs-related income from the pharmaceutical industry.

LOIS GOLDBERG

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