What causes breast growth in young males?
According to an article published in the Miami Herals, the maker of Risperdal admitted to hiding its risks. In an article by Carol Marbin Miller, cmarbin@herald.com, Janssen, the maker of the billion-dollar antipsychotic medication Risperdal, acknowledged that it misled doctors and other healthcare providers about the safety of its product, minimizing potentially deadly side effects.Risperdal, has often been prescribed to Florida children in state care, including to a handful of boys who developed lactating breasts after taking it. Janssen Pharmaceutica wrote a two-page letter to doctors, warning them that the company, in promotional material, had “minimized potentially fatal risks, and made misleading claims” that the medication was more safe in treating mental illness than other drugs in the same category.Risperdal, a drug used to combat schizophrenia and other types of psychotic disorders, earned Janssen about $2.1 billion in annual sales. The drug is prescribed to more than 10 mill
