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By Tom Ulrich
You'd think drugs meant to be taken by children for years would be studied in children for a long time to measure their long-term safety.
You'd think drugs for a condition affecting millions of children would be tested in many, many children to catch any rare side effects.
You'd think all this would happen before the Food and Drug Administration, an agency known for its strict criteria, approved them for marketing.
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