ATLANTA – Local doctors and parents are closely watching the new Trump administration’s executive order. Some of them ask the team to look into the effects of antidepressants and meth on children.
Some people are concerned that children can limit access to medications that benefit them. Others see it as an opportunity to ensure that children take their medication safely when it comes to long-term side effects.
“Of course there’s fear, right? Are we thinking about losing access to these resources?” explained Jewel Gooding.
She is embedded in Metro Atlanta’s mental health advocacy community through the non-profit Silence The Shame. She is also a mother.
“I am a mother to a child with anxiety disorder. I am also a mother to a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, where drugs play a key role in success,” Gooding said.
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The executive order established what the Trump administration calls “a committee that will make America healthy again.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, will chair the president’s assistant for domestic policy, serving as executive director.
In the order, the order states that teams will be asked to look into how the teams will affect chronic illnesses.
Part of the order that caught the attention of parents was to “assess the prevalence and threat of threats posed by prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight loss drugs.” “I say it.
“There’s a risk of mediation by experiencing side effects, but there are benefits, right? If you have children or adults experiencing severe depression, their benefits will outweigh the risk at that point.” Dr. Reyes said.
Dr. Tony Reyes, Maryland, is director of behavioral health at Wellstar Cobb Hospital.
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He described the potential side effects of SSRIs as examples.
“The most common is stomach problems. In a very small population, they saw an increase in the observations of that suicide, but it was important enough for the data to deserve a warning,” Dr. Reyes said. Ta.
Gooding encourages parents involved to talk to pediatricians.
“It’s going down slowly. Keep an eye on anything related, and related information. Have a conversation with your lawmakers,” Gooding said.
Click to read the entire executive order here.
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