What age range does the FDA consider to be adolescents?

Question

The medication I started taking a few days ago has an FDA warning about a potential side effect that's only for children and adolescents. Being 20 years old I thought that wouldn't apply to me, but my doctor said that it does. But I noticed that in the clinical trials for the medication, their "adolescent" group was 12-17, and the "adult" group was 18+. There's only a 0.4% chance of this particular side effect to begin with, so I don't consider it a major risk either way, I'm just curious.

Answer 1

i think you got it right when you said 12-17.

are you on anti-depressents? cause i know that those usually carry that warning.

do yourself a favor and stop reading into the labels so much.

i asked my doctor the same thing.. and unless you actually feel like you are going to harm yourself... just take the medicine...it really does work :)

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What age range does the FDA consider to be adolescents?
The medication I started taking a few days ago has an FDA warning about a potential side effect that's only for children and adolescents. Being 20 years old I thought that wouldn't apply to me, but my doctor said that it does. But I noticed that in the clinical trials for the medication,...