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U.S. FDA finds widely used asthma drug impacts the brain

December 09, 2024 9:48 AM | AAC (Administrator)

Shared from CNBC/Reuters

U.S. government researchers have found that a widely prescribed asthma drug originally sold by Merck may be linked to serious mental health problems for some patients, according to a scientific presentation reviewed by Reuters. The researchers found that the drug, sold under the brand name Singulair and generically as montelukast, attaches to multiple brain receptors critical to psychiatric functioning.

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