Posted by SLS on January 21, 2009, at 6:59:23
In reply to Re: Desipramine vs Strattera for adult ADD., posted by linkadge on January 20, 2009, at 22:07:12
The key to understanding the risks involved are to compare the rate of observed cardiac related deaths reported from desipramine to those seen in the general public.
This piece claims that they are equal.
"Wayne H. Green, M.D., in 1995, published that "The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's Ad Hoc Committee on Desipramine and Sudden Death, established to investigate these concerns, reported at a members' forum at the 1992 Annual Convention that the risk of sudden death for children 5 to 14 years old who are treated with desipramine in therapeutic doses is approximately the same as the risk of sudden death for similarly aged children in the general population, between 1.5 and 4.2 [deaths per] million/year (P>0.23)."
http://www.addmtc.com/desipramine
- Scott
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