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The Singulair investigation by the Food & Drug Administration was more newsworthy because of the drug's widespread use rather than the prevalence of the negative side effects. CBS substitute anchor Harry Smith introduced Kelly Wallace's report by telling us that 31m Singulair prescriptions are written each year in the United States alone. Merck has already updated its label to include warnings about tremors, depression, suicide and anxiety--yet now the FDA has launched a new nine-month probe. NBC's Robert Bazell noted that parents have posted "more than a thousand complaints" about changes in their children's behavior on medications.com yet the death toll of possibly related suicides stands at just four.
Yes, NBC led its newscast over four deaths out of 31m prescriptions. ABC did not mention Singulair, even in passing.
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