Stories posted in 2004

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	Stories posted in 3rd Qtr, 2004
9/29/2004	On the way: a mandatory 'Prozac nation'
9/29/2004	Sales reps told not to divulge Paxil data Drug maker memo cited risks to youth
9/28/2004	FDA to Probe Antidepressant Risks for Adults After Planning Warning for Kids, Agency to Re-Examine Evidence Suggesting No Danger of Suicide
9/28/2004	Group seeks limits on drug-financed doctors
9/27/2004	SEC focusing on drug makers: Full disclosure of tests called key
9/27/2004	Stupak backs drug label change
9/26/2004	FDA advisory sparks debate Doctors who prescribe antidepressants for kids torn by federal proposal
9/25/2004	Child drug abuse - at the hands of adults
9/24/2004	FDA Told Its Analyst to Censor Data on Antidepressants
9/24/2004	Panel hammers FDA on antidepressant issue
9/22/2004	Angry parents want Congress to sack the FDA's top lawyer
9/21/2004	Seroxat and Prozac 'can make people homicidal' Doctor who found suicide risk says experts ignoring danger
9/21/2004	Second Thoughts on Restricting Drugs to Treat Depression in Adolescents
9/21/2004	What's next for depressed kids? Talk therapies work, but there aren't enough therapists to do the talking
9/21/2004	Questions arise on link between antidepressants and suicidal children
9/21/2004	Study Finds Less Youth Antidepressant Use
9/20/2004	Prescription anxiety
9/20/2004	Pills for the drug industry
9/19/2004	HOW PAXIL KILLED OUR SON
9/19/2004	Some are worried by suicide warning Doctors fear proposed FDA alert about antidepressants, children could avert treatment.
9/18/2004	In America: Stories that should scare you
9/18/2004	Information Is the Best Medicine
9/16/2004	Risks of Antidepressants
9/16/2004	TELL TRUTH ABOUT ANTIDEPRESSANTS On drug labels and in medical journals
9/16/2004	FDA Agrees on Antidepressant Risks for Youth
9/16/2004	Mother of boy who poisoned teen denounces antidepressants
9/16/2004	Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use
9/16/2004	Doctors Say They Will Cut Antidepressant Use
9/16/2004	Prozac raises child suicide risk
9/16/2004	Stupak doubts FDA will act quickly
9/16/2004	Antidepressant prescriptions: protect the children
9/16/2004	Depressing Days for Drug Makers?
9/15/2004	FDA drags its heels on pediatric anti-depressants
9/15/2004	Panel: Child depression drugs need warnings FDA responsible for informing doctors, parents about antidepressants
9/15/2004	FDA calls for warning on antidepressants Drugs linked to increased suicide risk in children
9/15/2004	Prozac must have suicide warning
9/14/2004	F.D.A. Links Drugs to Being Suicidal
9/14/2004	Antidepressant 'Black Box' Warning On Suicidality Risk Recommended By Joint Cmte.
9/13/2004	Losing Julie: Teen's Suicide Blamed on Zoloft
9/12/2004	New Warnings Sought on Antidepressants
9/12/2004	Parents to tell their stories to FDA review panel Outcome could hurt the billion-dollar antidepressant market
9/12/2004	Drug taken by Columbine killer linked to increased mania
9/10/2004	FDA Urged Withholding Data on Antidepressants Makers Were Dissuaded From Labeling Drugs as Ineffective in Children
9/10/2004	Lawmaker Says F.D.A. Held Back Drug Data
9/10/2004	Stupak raps FDA for lack of disclosure
9/9/2004	Journals Insist Drug Manufacturers Register All Trials
9/9/2004	Lawmaker: FDA Resisting Antidepressant Probe
9/8/2004	Congress Will Discuss Drug-Trial Issues
9/4/2004	Attorney questions FDA probe of Lilly
9/4/2004	Show looks at Pittman murder trial
9/1/2004	Eliot Spitzer warns `arrogant` Glaxo
8/23/2004	Boy's Murder Case Entangled in Fight Over Antidepressants
8/20/2004	New Study Confirms Suicide Risk on SSRIs
8/20/2004	FDA Will Seek To Revise Labels For Antidepressants
8/20/2004	New warning after anti-depressant drug deaths climb
8/11/2004	SSRI Citizen announces antidepressant “Unsafe At Any Dose” national awareness campaign. Dangers of Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac and Effexor are targeted by group.
8/8/2004	Youth risk of suicide, medication revisited Antidepressants, suicidal thoughts, actions may be related, FDA analysis suggests.
8/7/2004	FDA Analysis Of Antidepressant Pediatric Suicidality Data To Be Reviewed Sept. 13-14
8/5/2004	FDA Revisits Issue Of Antidepressants for Youths New Analysis May Pressure Agency to Set Limit on Use Because of Suicide Risk
8/5/2004	Pfizer issues prosecutors a manual to defend drug Zoloft is not culprit in violence, firm says
8/4/2004	Spitzer Asks Drug Maker for Off-Label Use Material
8/4/2004	Grassley asks drug makers what they told the FDA about anti-depressants and suicide among young people
8/3/2004	Lilly Plans Broad Access To Results of Drug Trials
8/2/2004	Zoloft: grieving parents mourn
8/1/2004	PAXIL SUICIDE STUNNER
8/1/2004	Psychiatrist crusades for antidepressant disclosure
7/29/2004	Concerns with prescribed drugs
7/27/2004	Doctors ordered to warn of antidepressant dangers
7/27/2004	EU-wide warnings loom for controversial anti-depressant
7/25/2004	Push to block consumers' right to sue: FDA sides with companies
7/24/2004	Lawsuit charges Pfizer misled public about anti-depressant Zoloft
7/24/2004	Drug Maker Acknowledges Misleading Claims
7/23/2004	Pfizer Conceals Evidence and Misleads Doctors and Patients About Safety and Effectiveness of Zoloft - Private Attorney General Steps in Because FDA Has Failed California Consumers
7/22/2004	Canceled hearing leaves mom in limbo
7/21/2004	Hearing on Antidepressants Canceled
7/21/2004	MEDICINE'S DATA GAP Results of Drug Trials Can Mystify Doctors Through Omission
7/16/2004	Clinical Trials Controversy Spotlights Flawed System
7/15/2004	Panelists Recommending More Aggressive use of Statin Meds Receive Funding from Pharma
7/15/2004	Depositions tell how Prozac company sent unsolicited samples to patients
7/14/2004	Congressman: FDA lying about lawyer Agency's lead attorney accused of helping drug firms battle consumers
7/14/2004	Zoloft Not for Every Alcoholic
7/13/2004	HINCHEY: FDA'S CHIEF COUNSEL SERVES INDUSTRY, NOT PUBLIC
7/13/2004	U.S. House Democrat Says Agency Aiding Drugmakers in Lawsuits
7/13/2004	ICFDA Mourns the Loss of Loren Mosher, MD
7/8/2004	Drug Companies Seek to Mend Their Image
7/7/2004	Inquiry Confirms Top Medicare Official Threatened Actuary Over Cost of Drug Benefits
7/6/2004	State fired shrink for exposing abuse
7/6/2004	Drug Makers Prefer Silence On Test Data Firms Violate U.S. Law By Not Registering Trials
7/5/2004	Double Dipping at NIH
7/5/2004	Anti-depressant hearings set for this month
7/5/2004	Pharmas brace for a summer of discontent
7/2/2004	Drug Maker Charged With Fraud Over Paxil Marketing
7/2/2004	Kennedy ties up drug bill
	Stories posted in 2nd Qtr, 2004
6/30/2004	Drug Firms Address Furor on Tests New Guidance on Results Aims to Calm Concerns Over Negative Trial Data
6/30/2004	Forest Asked to Supply Information on Marketing of Some Drugs
6/28/2004	FDA MedWatch - Effexor (venlafaxine) warnings added for neonatal effects and suicidality risk
6/27/2004	Legal drug use has doubled in decade. Americans now average nearly a dozen prescriptions per person per year.
6/26/2004	Drug Maker Acknowledges Some Negative Test Results
6/23/2004	NIH Scientists Broke Rules, Panel Says Deals With Companies Went Unreported, Probe of Potential Conflicts of Interest Finds
6/22/2004	National Institutes of Health Is Under Fire; Longtime Favorite of Congress Grapples With Slim Funding Increases, Conflicts Inquiry
6/21/2004	Tragic teen suicides inspire idea that invites more
6/21/2004	Paxil Man
6/21/2004	Bush to screen population for mental illness Sweeping initiative links diagnoses to treatment with specific drugs
6/20/2004	It's time to focus on information bias about drugs
6/20/2004	Drugs' risks too great
6/18/2004	GlaxoSmithKline to Post Trial Results GlaxoSmithKline to Post All Clinical Drug Trial Results on the Internet
6/15/2004	Shamed Glaxo's u-turn on 'suicide' drug
6/15/2004	Doctors Seek Rules for Drugmakers to Disclose Studies
6/14/2004	UK - Safety alert on adult use of antidepressants
6/13/2004	Drug-makers and the facts
6/12/2004	Bad medicine
6/11/2004	FDA Warns Glaxo Over Paxil
6/11/2004	Are antidepressants endangering our children?
6/10/2004	Computer Model Calculates Antidepressant-induced Suicides
6/10/2004	A parent's nightmare Rage and violence marks six-year-old's journey to get help
6/6/2004	When Drug Companies Hide Data
6/6/2004	Glaxo faces criminal action in Britain over 'suicide' pills
6/6/2004	Garnier comes out fighting
6/3/2004	Drug maker misled consumers on antidepressant use, suit alleges
6/3/2004	Spitzer's remedy will be a bitter pill for Glaxo
6/3/2004	Two Studies, Two Results, and a Debate Over a Drug
6/3/2004	Health Canada advises Canadians of stronger warnings for SSRIs and other newer anti-depressants
6/2/2004	MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL FIRM CONCEALED DRUG INFORMATION
5/30/2004	Once 'shy,' now 'sick'
5/28/2004	PBS News Hour Talks with Dr. Robert Temple of the FDA
5/27/2004	Over 4,000 doctors face charges in Italian drugs scandal
5/25/2004	In Debate Over Antidepressants, FDA Weighed Risk of False Alarm Doubting Data on Suicide And Kids
5/25/2004	Two Countries, Two Views on Antidepressants
5/23/2004	When advocates become regulators
5/22/2004	Pittman defense wants access to drug documents
5/21/2004	Survey: Parents Anxious About Antidepressants Many Parents Concerned Teen Depression Isn't Being Treated; Confused About Antidepressant Risks
5/19/2004	Maker to pull antidepressant off market
5/18/2004	New York Sues GlaxoSmithKline Over Paxil
5/17/2004	Behavior drugs top kids' prescriptions More spent than on antibiotics, asthma therapy
5/14/2004	Pfizer Case Signals Tougher Action On Off-Label Drug Use
5/12/2004	AAP, FDA urge label changes for antidepressants
5/11/2004	Antidepressant prescriptions show decline: Drop follows FDA meeting on links to suicides in kids
5/10/2004	Analysis: FDA considers whether to ban anti-depressants for children
5/9/2004	FDA joins suits on side of industry it regulates
5/7/2004	Panel Wants Top Health Officials Off Drug Payrolls
5/6/2004	Doctors Without Borders Why you can’t trust medical journals anymore.
5/5/2004	The evidence base: rock of certainty or shifting sands?
5/5/2004	Should depressed teens take drugs?
5/4/2004	Has the Romance Gone? Was It the Drug?
5/3/2004	Diagnosing Infants With Depression
4/29/2004	Licensed to kill - facts the drug firms conceal
4/28/2004	Texas jury awards $1 billion to family of fen-phen user
4/28/2004	West High clinic tracks, treats teenage depression Novel approach screens every student who steps inside
4/28/2004	An Open Letter to NIMH from The Alliance for Human Research Protection
4/27/2004	Prozac Affects Babies, Sexual Function, Report Says
4/26/2004	Drug blamed for suicide
4/26/2004	Do antidepressants really work in children? New analyses suggest benefits are overstated
4/26/2004	Unease over effects of medication
4/26/2004	Child depression drugs soar
4/24/2004	DATA FROM UNPUBLISHED TRIALS SUGGEST THAT MOST SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
4/23/2004	Antidepressants Called Unsafe For Children 4 Medications Singled Out In Analysis of Many Studies
4/23/2004	Drug Firms Withheld Negative Data –Study
4/23/2004	Antidepressant approval system criticized
4/22/2004	Damaging Drug Study? Bury It
4/22/2004	Most Antidepressants Are Too Risky for Children, Lancet Says
4/21/2004	What’s in a Warning? The FDA Hesitates to Link Antidepressants and Risk of Suicide
4/20/2004	Five Years Gone: Anti-Depressants May Hold Key to Columbine
4/18/2004	Antidepressant Use in Children Soars Despite Efficacy Doubts
4/16/2004	FDA was urged to limit kids’ antidepressants Advice citing risk of suicide rejected
4/16/2004	Expert Kept From Speaking at Antidepressant Hearing
4/16/2004	FDA debates youth suicide, anti-depressant link
4/16/2004	Families long battle for antidepressant reform nears end
4/15/2004	FDA Responds to Barton, Greenwood Inquiry on Antidepressant Use
4/15/2004	FDA Antidepressant Review 'Troubling'--US Lawmaker
4/10/2004	Drug firms accused of preying on children
4/10/2004	New report slams antidepressants for children
4/9/2004	Study Advises Against Drugs for Children in Depression
4/9/2004	Study slams anti-depressant research
4/9/2004	Rein in SSRI epidemic
4/8/2004	Antidepressants are not safe for children
4/7/2004	Antidepressant warning labels are long overdue
4/6/2004	FDA Sat on Report Linking Suicide, Drugs
4/5/2004	ADHD Drugs May Slow Growth
4/5/2004	Testimony in the House of Commons by Paul Flynn
4/4/2004	Doctors Without Borders Why you can’t trust medical journals anymore.
3/5/2004	FDA legal strategy would pre-empt tort suits
	Stories posted in 1st Qtr, 2004
4/2/2004	Preschoolers Lead Growth of Antidepressant Use, Study Reveals
4/2/2004	A Godsend, Till a Life Unravels
3/31/2004	Lawmakers open probe of FDA Agency accused of barring safety data on antidepressants
3/30/2004	FDA Mum On Suicidal Side Effects?
3/30/2004	Learning From Prozac: Will New Caution Shift Old Views?
3/30/2004	A Collusion between FDA officials and the drug industry
3/29/2004	Utah may feel effect of drug labels
3/25/2004	Feds Probe Lilly's Marketing
3/24/2004	Keeping Doctors in the Dark
3/24/2004	Overprescribing Prompted Warning on Antidepressants
3/24/2004	Panel Probes FDA Moves on Antidepressant Risks
3/24/2004	Now is the era of 'little helpers'
3/24/2004	More family doctors prescribe antipsychotic drugs
3/24/2004	FDA's action smells like a cover up
3/23/2004	FDA urges monitoring for antidepressant users
3/23/2004	Anti-depressant users get warning
3/23/2004	Caution urged in use of drugs for depression
3/23/2004	FDA urges caution on drugs for depression
3/22/2004	FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Antidepressants in Adults and Children
3/21/2004	FDA Probes Downsides of Antidepressants
3/14/2004	Prescriptions And Profit
3/13/2004	The Riddle of the Drug Regulators Critics press for review of licensing system
3/13/2004	Ex-NIH Director Now Favors Limiting Drug-Company Ties
3/5/2004	FDA legal strategy would pre-empt tort suits
3/4/2004	4 subjects challenge Lilly over drug trial Outside overseer says he found no indication that suicide victim was depressed.
3/4/2004	Canadian Parliamentarian Cites Health Canada's Failure to Act on Antidepressants
3/2/2004	NIH scientists required to disclose income from outside sources
3/1/2004	DODD AND COLLEAGUES QUESTION FDA ABOUT CHILDREN'S ANTIDEPRESSANTS
3/1/2004	British CSM Issues Cautionary Update to British Physicians
2/27/2004	Drugs ‘cause teen suicide’
2/25/2004	UK Parliamentarian Calls Paxil Drug Voodoo Medicine
2/19/2004	Drug companies need to come clean on SSRIs; time for Health Canada to warn us
2/17/2004	Drug risks hidden from public Drug companies keep test failures quiet, medical journal says
2/15/2004	Suicide brings changes to Lilly drug trials
2/15/2004	19 quit Lilly drug trial after a death
2/15/2004	Student’s suicide cries out to FDA for drug warnings
2/13/2004	Woman testing depression drug kills herself
2/12/2004	Student, 19, in Trial of New Antidepressant Commits Suicide
2/12/2004	Rep. Tauzin to $2 million-a-year job to work for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
2/9/2004	Prescription For Suicide?
2/9/2004	Woman participating in Lilly trial hangs self Coroner will examine whether experimental drug played possible part in 19-year-old’s suicide.
2/5/2004	Medicating America's Kids NPR Program
2/4/2004	Lawmaker Seeks Data on Antidepressants for Kids
2/4/2004	Ottawa warns of suicide risk for teens on anti-depressants
2/3/2004	Antidepressant Strengthened Warnings About Pediatric Suicidality Risk Needed Immediately, Cmte. Says
2/3/2004	Pittman tragedy detailed in letter
2/3/2004	Antidepressant warning: Adult drugs may lead to increased risk of suicide in children
2/3/2004	FDA mulls antidepressant warning Panel cites risks to some children, notes benefits too
2/3/2004	FDA Links Antidepressants, Youth Suicide Risk
2/3/2004	Alert on antidepressants for kids Panel urges sterner FDA warnings on children's suicide risks
2/3/2004	Parents Blame Medicines for Suicides
2/3/2004	Company ‘held back’ data on drug for children Antidepressant had no effect, leak reveals
2/2/2004	Will British Ban Spur FDA to Act?
2/2/2004	Youth, meds and suicide
2/1/2004	Kids, Meds, and Suicide The dangerous side effects of some SSRIs are back in the headlines
2/1/2004	Drug report barred by FDA Scientist links antidepressants to suicide in kids
1/31/2004	Wyeth Among 3 Firms Subpoenaed by U.S.
1/30/2004	Deluge of drug ads has FDA struggling to stop the hype
1/30/2004	FDA to debate antidepressant risk to kids
1/29/2004	Antidepressant Makers Withhold Data on Children
1/26/2004	FDA Knew About the Dangers of Redux® but Approved it Anyway
1/26/2004	Special Report Antidepressant Drugs and Suicidal/Aggressive Behaviors
1/23/2004	Report casts doubt on drug, suicide link
1/21/2004	New Report Concludes SSRI Antidepressants Do Not Increase Suicidal Behavior in Youth with Depression ACNP Presents Findings As FDA Opens Hearings
1/20/2004	Drug Companies Get Too Close for Med School's Comfort
1/6/2004	Probe into antidepressant link to suicides
1/6/2004	New Hope for Battling Depression Study Illuminates Why Benefits of Therapy Are More Lasting Than Medication
1/4/2004	A Suicide Side Effect? What parents aren't being told about their kids' antidepressants
1/4/2004	New York Times Lives: A Doctor’s Toxic Shock
1/4/2004	Drug commercials can make you a little bit dopey
12/10/2003	NIH to launch ethics review - Zerhouni promises comprehensive look at lucrative consulting payments to top officials