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By Armen Hareyan on March 28, 2008 - 3:49pm for eMaxHealth

FDA and the Canadian health agency are studying to see if widely used asthma treatment drug Singulair's usage has suicide as its side effects.

FDA has started to look into the additional side effects of Merck's Singulair drug for Asthma treatment as reports link suicidal thoughts to Singulair usage.

Canadian press reports that Health Canada is also investigating the side effects of Singulair that reportedly is linked to Suicide.

"Merck said it recently added reports of suicide to Singulair's label, which already listed suicidal thinking and behaviour as reported side-effects," writes The Canadian Press.

Merck that manifactures Singulair, in the website related to

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