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The United States Department of Justice has charged the drug maker Forest Laboratories with defrauding the government of millions of dollars by illegally marketing the popular antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro for unapproved uses in children and teenagers.<\/p>\n

In a civil complaint filed by the United States attorney\u2019s office in Boston, federal prosecutors alleged that former top executives at Forest concealed for several years a clinical study that showed that the drugs were not effective in children and might even pose risks to them, including suicides. The drugs are currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration only for adults.<\/p>\n

Doctors can legally prescribe drugs to patients, including children, for whom those drugs are not approved by the FDA, but it is illegal for companies to actively promote such uses<\/p>\n

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