The Food and Drug Administration wants to know more about a widely-prescribed prescription medicine. Millions of people take Singulair for asthma and allergies, but the F.D.A. is worried there might be a link between the drug and suicide. The F.D.A. has received reports of mood and behavior changes, suicidal thinking, and suicide in patients who took the drug. And while no definitive link to the drug has been established, the F.D.A. has asked Merck for more information. The F.D.A. says it is also reviewing reports of behavioral changes in patients taking other similar drugs, but has not yet decided whether further investigation is needed.
The Springfield community is giving a big send-off to one of it's leaders tonight.
John Rush is President and C.E.O. of the United Way of the Ozarks. He is retiring after 20-years service. The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a community-wide party in his honor.