Comments on: No Benefit, Numerous Side Effects For Kids On Autism Drug Celexa, Study Says http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/06/01/autism-drug-celexa/3488/ Developmental Disability News Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: gabriele http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/06/01/autism-drug-celexa/3488/comment-page-1/#comment-338 gabriele Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:54:53 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=3488#comment-338 Taking what you can get is a dangerous approach. People have died from drugs that were thought to be safe. They were tested on animals and put out there. Research is the key and people now have the tools, thank God. Taking what you can get is a dangerous approach. People have died from drugs that were thought to be safe. They were tested on animals and put out there. Research is the key and people now have the tools, thank God.

]]> By: jsloan1223 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/06/01/autism-drug-celexa/3488/comment-page-1/#comment-334 jsloan1223 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:07:13 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=3488#comment-334 The statement that celexa has "no benefit" is not entirely true. I would suggest that it depends on what you are trying to target. If the med was prescribed for management of anxiety, I believe it does a fair job at that task. but notice that anxiety is not the same as repetitive behavior. Further, from listening to our child psychiatrist for many hours, there are very few (zero?) safe meds to treat autism and its repetitive behaviors. We take what we can get, see improvements where possible, and change meds as needed. The statement that celexa has “no benefit” is not entirely true. I would suggest that it depends on what you are trying to target. If the med was prescribed for management of anxiety, I believe it does a fair job at that task. but notice that anxiety is not the same as repetitive behavior.

Further, from listening to our child psychiatrist for many hours, there are very few (zero?) safe meds to treat autism and its repetitive behaviors.

We take what we can get, see improvements where possible, and change meds as needed.

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