Much ado about montelukast: A side-effects saga

Abstract

Our coverage of emerging findings in psychopharmacology is generally limited to what gets published in the refereed scientific literature. Occasionally, however, something appears in the lay media that we think Update readers will benefit from knowing about. A recent such “something” was an article published in the New York Times under the alarming title “The F.D.A. [Food and Drug Administration] Warned an Asthma Drug Could Induce Despair. Many Were Never Told” (Jewett & Mueller, 2024). Broad coverage of this by other media outlets ensued.