Lexapro made them do it: commit suicide
I can't imagine what Mark Bibbee and his ex-wife have gone through in the past few years. First their son David, who was bipolar, committed suicide by shooting himself. Then, about a year later, their son Brian, who'd been diagnosed with ADHD, also committed suicide—this time by hanging. They were both in their early 20s.
What must that loss be like? How do you go on from there?
Mark and his ex-wife are now suing Forest Laboratories Inc. of New York, which manufactured the Lexapro that both boys were taking at the time of their deaths. Both had received the drug in sample packets, which don't have a suicide warning. That warning was required by law as of 2004 (though not required on sample packets), but the Bibbees assert the warning should have been placed earlier, since the drug company knew the risk was there well before the FDA forced them to feature it on the packaging.
It'll be interesting to see how this one plays out. It's unlikely they'll win, but maybe this is something they need to do to put their lives back together, or to have such a tragedy make some kind of sense.
