Makers of a powerful asthma drug that can trigger hallucinations, night terrors and suicidal thoughts could be forced to put prominent warnings on its products. It was prescribed almost three million times in England last year and is effective at limiting potentially deadly asthma attacks. The digital marketing specialist has an extreme form of respiratory illness called brittle asthma and was put on the drug last winter. He was two when he was prescribed the drug after a severe asthma attack left him needing hospital treatment. But he was put back on it early last year and by summer ‘he was having hallucinations,’ said Lee.

Source: Daily Mail May 18, 2019 23:36 UTC