By admin on September 6, 2010
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By admin on September 5, 2010
Hello dearest friend I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise, but I plead for your good attention and good co-operation. I am Mr. O.D Johnson assistant director accounts department at the Ghana NEWMONT Gold mining corporation here in Accra Ghana, I and my colleagues in the office was compensated with [...]
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Accounts Department, Accra Ghana, Assistant Director, Business Dealings, Civil Servants, Colleagues, D Johnson, Dearest Friend, Envisage, Gold Mining, Good Business, Investment Plan, Lucrative Investment, Mining Corporation, Modalities, Newmont Gold, Occupation, Physical Address, Receipt, Telephone Numbers |
By admin on August 13, 2010
seroquel and klonopin Eva After my thyroid medication was switched to a compounded medication, I started having anxiety and depression/panic attacks. I was first put on 5 HTP. This made my heart race and started giving me very bad anxiety. Later, I was given Lexapro, Buspar, Trazadone. I started to develop what I think is [...]
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged 5 Htp, anti-depressant, Anxiety And Depression, Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety Depression, Bipolar, Buspar, Heart Race, Hyperactivity, Imsomnia, Klonopin, lexapro, Panic Attacks, Psychiatrist, Seizure, Sensations, seroquel, Thyroid, Thyroid Medication, Trazadone |
By admin on July 29, 2010
Dr. Ann Blake Tracy (International Coalition For Drug Awareness) (Confirmed)
Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, a PhD in Psychology and Health Sciences, has specialized for 20 years in adverse reactions to serotonergic medications. She is the executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness and author of the book PROZAC: PANACEA OR PANDORA?
Posted in Events, Radio & TV, Recent Cases Blog | Tagged adverse reactions, Axiom, Dr Ann, Dr. Tracy, Drug Awareness, Executive Director, Health Sciences, International Coalition, July 31st, Medications, Panacea, Pandora, Phd In Psychology, Prozac, Truth Tellers |
By admin on March 1, 2010
Paragraph three reads: “The reports also indicates that Clackamas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jeffrey A. Grahn was taking antidepressants that can trigger suicidal thoughts. Grahn also told witnesses he had a couple of drinks before heading out on what would become a horrific shooting rampage.” Last three paragraphs read: “He then grabbed Charlotte and hustled her [...]
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged antidepressants, Bandstand, Clackamas County Sheriff, Fairview Oregon, Html Reports, Investigative Reports, Multnomah County Sheriff, Murder Suicide, Oregon State Police, Oregonian, Oregonlive, Rampage, Reports Detail, Rick Bella, Schulmerich, Semiautomatic Pistol, Suicidal Thoughts, Thick Stack, Triple Murder, Troutdale Oregon |
By admin on February 16, 2010
A Massachusetts man is in jail facing weapons charges after his wife turned him in
to police for having a huge cache of weapons, including rifles, tear gas
grenades and explosives, inside his North Shore condominium.
Gregory
Girard, 45, of Manchester-by-the-Sea was arrested Tuesday, police said, after he
allegedly told officers he was preparing for Armageddon.
He allegedly
told his wife, Kristine Girard, a licensed psychiatrist, that he was convinced
the end of the world was near.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, Armageddon, Armed Man, Arraignment Hearing, Bridge St, Dangerous Weapon, Dese, Floor Condo, Fr Iday, Gas Grenades, Handguns, High Powered Rifles, Hoot, Infernal Device, Manchester By The Sea, Martial Law, Massachusetts Man, Police Reports, prescription drugs, Psychiatrist, Quot, Salem District, Shooting Range, Shotguns, State Prosecutor, Target Practice, Tear Gas Grenades, Traitors, Wife Kristin |
By admin on January 12, 2010
Luvox (SSRI) amy Bond Was prescribed Luvox to treat my OCD prior to during and after birth of my 2nd child Having OCD i I was obsessed that this drug may harm the baby. I was reassured that it is a safe drug Our son was born with double outlet right ventricle, craniosynostosis and otosclerosis. [...]
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged 3 Years, Animals, Chromosomes, Class C, Craniosynostosis, Double Outlet Right Ventricle, FDA, Fish, Genetic Testing, Good Luck, Heart Surgeries, luvox, Morbidity, Ocd, Open Heart, Outlet Right Ventricle, Pregnant Woman, Pregnant Women, Skull, SSRI |
By admin on November 11, 2009
I went to a Psychiatrist in 1990 because I couldn’t control crying jags at work. I had been sad over a horrible accident that left my 19-year-old son permanently brain injured.
The lady psychiatrist saw me for less than five minutes, announced I was clinically depressed and prescribed Prozac. When I asked, she said it was not habit forming.
I remember feeling almost immediate relief after the first dose (surprising, since she said it would take 3 weeks to take effect). All of the sudden life became wonderful! I sang to myself all day long. I was the life of every party (or so I thought). I began drinking too much and running around like I was on speed. I just had so much fun at everything I did. The world was at my feet and I was setting it on fire! Wow…why didn’t I find these drugs sooner?
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Antidepressant Drugs, Brain, Crimes, Describing People, Five Minutes, Habit, Horrible Accident, Jags, Life Decisions, Local Government, Medications, Minor Stroke, Occurrences, Paxil, Prozac, Psychiatric Drugs, Psychiatrist, Seizure, survivor, Zoloft |
By admin on September 17, 2009
Zoloft & Welbutrin Wanda I was on Zoloft and then Welbutrin for several months when someone said how their students were emotionally flat due to drugs. I realized that was my problem! I did not feel even the slightest twinge of emotion, even when watching movies or in therapy, healing from childhood abuse. I also [...]
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Amp, Childhood Abuse, drugs, Emotion, Heart, Libido, Psychiatrist, Twinge, Wanda, Welbutrin, Zoloft |
By admin on August 27, 2009
Mrs Seroquel Alexandra I have had large weight gain, 18 kilos in less than 6 months. I was taking a max. dose of 300mg at night. I am now slowly reducing the medication to stop further weight gain. At the present I am taking 100mg at night and it has helped to stop further weight [...]
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Alexandra, Max Dose, Medication, seroquel, Weight Gain |
By admin on August 11, 2009
In 2004, I gave birth to my son, Isaac, on Thursday, July 8. I had significant stresses in my life for several years and especially in the months prior to the birth, but throughout it all I remained happy and healthy and calm and patient. One major stress was moving from Georgia to Minnesota when I was about 8 months pregnant. I loved Georgia but dreaded Minnesota, and was being forced to move for my husband Joel’s new job.
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Act Org, Adrenaline, announcements, antidepressants, Arthur H. Bearon, babies, Barack Obama, Blocker, Case Reports, Central America, Chaada, Contraction, Death, Diapers, disorders, Dr. David Guth, Eli Lilly, Epidural, Epidurals, federal, Fetal Heart Rate, Formula Samples, Government, grassroots, Hospital, Hypoglycemia, infant, International, Iv Fluids, John Clement, Karen, Katherine Stone, Kleiman, Labor And Delivery, Losing Weight, M Central, M.D., Melanie, Mental Disturbances, Mercy, moms, mood, mortality, Motherhood, MOTHERS Act, New Job, newborns, nonprofit, outreach, Oxygen Therapy, perinatal, Petition, Philo, Pitocin, Postpartum, PPD drugs, pregnancy, Progress, psychiatry, public, Quot, Respiratory Issues, Robert Menendez, screening, Selmo, service, Son Isaac, Stokes, Support, Susan, UNITE, uniteforlife, Vacuum Extraction, Welcome Back, Yahoo, Zoloft |
By admin on June 15, 2009
Second Update: Paxil Lawsuit Donald J. (“Don”) Farber Attorney at Law Our objective in the lawsuit is to compel SmithKline to place an accurate warning label on Paxil regarding the drug’s addictive qualities. In 1992 Paxil’s watered down label was approved by the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), and has been remain unchanged ever since-this [...]
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By admin on June 12, 2009
An 88-year-old gunman with a virulently anti-Semitic past fatally shot a security guard inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said. The assailant was hospitalized in critical condition, leaving behind a sprawling investigation by federal and local law enforcement and expressions of shock from the [...]
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 88-year-old gunman, Holocaust museum shooting |
By admin on June 12, 2009
Michael Moore obtained a copy of Dr. Tracy’s book, “Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? – Our Serotonin Nightmare” at the premier of “Bowling for Columbine” in Denver, CO. After learning more about these drugs, see his statement from the movie he recently appeared in with Dr. Tracy, Mark Taylor, Neal Bush, and others in the Gary [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, Columbine, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, michael, moore, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By admin on May 4, 2009
On the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, we had the opportunity to interview Mark Taylor and his mother, Donna. What we learned is shocking. In the last two years, Mark’s mental capacity has been totally eroded as the result of medications he received at two forced hospitalizations in 2007.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 10th Anniversary, Columbine, Columbine Shooting, Columbine Tragedy, Donna Taylor, Mark Taylor, Medications, Mother Donna, Opportunity
By admin on February 24, 2004
Trial starts for Palmyra man accused of killing By Steve Sharp Daily Times staff The defense said today it plans to argue that Throm did not intend to kill Wilke and that his personality was affected by the mood-altering drug Paxil. Jefferson Co., Wisconsin vs. David Throm (Criminal Trial) 2/24/2003 Trial starts for Palmyra man [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged kill Wilke, man, Palmyra, Paxil |
By admin on September 17, 2003
9/17/2003 • Study Links Older Bipolar Drug to Fewer Suicides Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, senior author of the study and director of the psychopharmacology research center at George Washington University Medical Center Journal of the American Medical Association The new study, published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association, found that patients taking [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Bipolar, Drug, George Washington University Medical Center |
By admin on September 1, 2003
9/1/2003 • A Systematic Chart Review of the Nature of Psychiatric Adverse Events in Children and Adolescents Treated with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Timothy E. Wilens MD ; Joseph Biederman MD ; Anne Kwon MS ; Rhea Chase BA ; Laura Greenberg BA ; Eric Mick ScD ; Thomas J. Spencer MD Journal of Child [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Adolescent, Systematic Chart |
By admin on August 21, 2003
8/21/2003 • Research challenges role of antidepressants Professor Joe Collier, editor of DTB Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) The DTB said that most patients with mild depression fell below the threshold of severity used in clinical trials for antidepressants. Research challenges role of antidepressants http://www.societyguardian.co.uk Professor Joe Collier, editor of DTB Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged antidepressants, challenges |
By admin on March 1, 2003
Patients vs. Bayer Bayer Official Offers Defense in Texas Trial of Drug Suit By MELODY PETERSEN The New York Times Melody Peterson of the New York Times reports that in the first case brought against Bayer involving its anticholesterol drug, Baycol, a senior official of Bayer AG testified in court in Corpus Cristi, Texas. He [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Drug Suit, Patients vs. Bayer, Texas |
By admin on February 28, 2003
Throm is found guilty in death of girlfriend By Steve Sharp Daily Times staff A 42-year-old Palmyra man was found guilty this morning of first-degree homicide and a charge of hiding a corpse by a Jefferson County judge. Jefferson Co., Wisconsin vs. David Throm (Criminal Trial) 2/28/2003 Throm is found guilty in death of girlfriend [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged 42-year-old, guilty, homicide, Jefferson Co |
By admin on February 5, 2003
Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals Drug firm settles with Columbine victim By Howard Pankratz hpankratz@denverpost.com Denver Post Legal Affairs Writer Columbine survivor Mark Taylor today dropped his lawsuit against the manufacturer of a drug he claimed made Eric Harris homicidal and suicidal in return for the company contributing $10,000 to the American Cancer Society. Taylor vs. [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Columbine victim, Settles, Solvay Pharmacueticals |
By admin on January 17, 2003
Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals Columbine survivor, Wash. teen team up Suit over antidepressants unites an unlikely pair By Howard Pankratz Denver Post Legal Affairs Writer The common bond that brought them together is their crusade against pharmaceutical companies. Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals 1/17/2003 Columbine survivor, Wash. teen team up Suit over antidepressants unites an unlikely [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Columbine, Solvay Pharmacueticals, survivor, unlikely pair |
By admin on January 13, 2003
LA judge denies class action for Glaxo Paxil suit Reuters A U.S. judge in Los Angeles on Monday denied a request to certify as a class action a lawsuit claiming that GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s (GSK) anti-depressant Paxil is habit-forming. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer said in her ruling that attorneys for a group of Paxil users [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Glaxo, habit-forming, Paxil, Paxil suit |
By admin on November 30, 2002
Cassidy vs. Eli Lilly Lilly settles Prozac lawsuit Terms of the deal not disclosed; new litigation in Georgia is targeting metabolization issue. By Jeff Swiatek The Cassidys’ lawsuit, filed in federal court in Pittsburgh, charged that Diane Cassidy’s doctor prescribed the antidepressant Prozac to her for weight loss and that the drug caused suicidal thoughts [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Cassidy vs. Eli Lilly, metabolization, not disclosed |
By admin on November 11, 2002
11/11/2002 • Genes play a part, but violence may be viral By TOM SIEGFRIED The Dallas Morning News ORLANDO, Fla. Harvard Medical School This interesting article states: “Those genes are found in nerve cells (or neurons) that produce the brain chemicals dopamine and serotonin. When active, the genes tell the neurons to pump more of [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Genes, Harvard Medical School, violence |
By admin on November 5, 2002
11/5/2002 • Adolescent Drug Use Creates Long-Term Imbalance Even commonly prescribed amphetamines may lead to addictive behavior. By Ross Grant Health ScoutNews Reporter Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Here is more evidence that there is significant brain alteration within brain cells in response to synthetic chemicals that change brain function in many unknown ways. Could these [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Adolescent, Drug, Imbalance, Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia |
By admin on November 3, 2002
Holcombe and Gollin vs. GlaxoSmithKline 2 Wisconsin women sue anti-depressant maker By TOM HELD theld@journalsentinel.co Journal Sentinel Suits here and elsewhere claim Paxil addictive, consumers not warned. Holcombe and Gollin vs. GlaxoSmithKline 11/3/2002 2 Wisconsin women sue anti-depressant maker http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov02/93028.asp By TOM HELD theld@journalsentinel.co Journal Sentinel Two Wisconsin women have filed a class-action lawsuit against [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged consumers not warned., Holcombe and Gollin, Paxil addictive |
By admin on October 31, 2002
10/31/2002 • Ethyl-Eicosapentaenoate Could Be Effective In Persistent Depression By Elda Hauschildt Archives of General Psychiatry, 2002; 59: 913-919 Ethyl-eicosapentaenoate at a dose of 1 gram per day could be effective in treating depression in patients with persistent illness after standard antidepressant therapy. Ethyl-Eicosapentaenoate Could Be Effective In Persistent Depression http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C5B005A901A By Elda Hauschildt Archives [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Depression, Ethyl-Eicosapentaenoate |
By admin on October 10, 2002
Mass. group sues Paxil drugmaker By Ellen Barry Globe Staff A group of Massachusetts plaintiffs filed a class-action suit earlier this month against the maker of the blockbuster antidepressant Paxil, alleging that withdrawal from the drug brought on such ill effects as nausea, sweating, agitation, tremors, insomnia, dizziness, and the sensation of electric ”zaps” in [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged agitation, and the sensation of electric ''zaps'' in the brain., dizziness, insomnia, nausea, Paxil drugmaker, sweating, tremors |
By admin on August 20, 2002
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Judge: Paxil ads can’t say it isn’t habit-forming LOS ANGELES (AP) A federal judge ordered the maker of the popular anti-depressant Paxil to stop all television commercials nationwide that say the drug is not habit-forming. Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Aristei, Baum, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation, habit-forming, Hedlund |
By admin on July 23, 2002
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham Glaxo Raises White Flag, Settles Paxil Trial Appeal, and Pays Up Rick Giombetti In a bombshell comparable to the recent belated revelation of the disaster that hormone replacement therapy has been, I have learned that Paxil manufacturer Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK) has secretly settled its appeal of the ruling in the Paxil [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged 7/23/2002, and Pays Up, Appeal, Glaxo, Paxil, Settles, Trial |
By admin on June 25, 2002
Amby Cole vs. Eli Lilly Lilly faces another Prozac lawsuit Tennessee widow says husband hanged himself 13 days after drug was prescribed. By Jeff Swiatek jeff.swiatek@indystar.com The Indianapolis Star The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, is the latest in more than 200 lawsuits against Prozac maker [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Indianapolis Star, lawsuit, Lilly, Prozac |
By admin on May 24, 2002
Healy vs. University of Toronto Scientist stands by views of drugs after settling lawsuit with U of T A prominent British psychiatrist who found his offer of a post at a University of Toronto teaching hospital rescinded after he criticized a popular form of antidepressants says he stands by his controversial view of the drugs [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged antidepressants, Healy, University of Toronto |
By admin on May 2, 2002
Okay, this is fast and easy…. Do you think Ritalin is overprescribed? Click on this link and then click on ‘live vote’ button. Hurry, this may only be up for a short time. http://www.msnbc.com/local/wmaq/Default.asp?cp1=1
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Cp1, Hurry, Msnbc, RITALIN, Short Time, Vote Button |
By admin on May 1, 2002
5/1/2002 • Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH; Paul D. Allen, MD, MPH; Steffie J. Woolhandler, MD, MPH; David U. Himmelstein, MD; Sidney M. Wolfe, MD; David H. Bor, MD Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA. 2002;287:2215-2220 Serious ADRs commonly emerge after Food and [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Black Box Warnings, JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, Prescription, Withdrawals |
By admin on April 29, 2002
Hassett vs. Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) Man Claims he Became Psychotic on Accutane Luke Hassett, 22, who was diagnosed as being a paranoid schizophrenic after taking Roaccutane, is to sue Leeds General Infirmary and the clinician who prescribed him the drug. Hassett vs. Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) 4/29/2002 Man Claims he Became Psychotic on Accutane [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Accutane, Hassett, paranoid schizophrenic, Roaccutane |
By admin on April 19, 2002
4/10/2002 • Effect of Hypericum perforatum (St John’s Wort) in Major Depressive Disorder David J. Kupfer, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (e-mail: kupferdj@msx.upmc.edu). JAMA Vol. 287 No. 14 This study fails to support the efficacy of H perforatum in moderately [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Hypericum perforatum, Major Depressive Disorder, St John's Wort |
By admin on April 9, 2002
4/9/2002 • Sugar pills offer more relief than St. John’s wort, Zoloft Robert Bazell NBC News Even in severely depressed patients, the antidepressant drug, Zoloft, was no better than placebo. Sugar pills offer more relief than St. John’s wort, Zoloft http://www.msnbc.com/news/736379.asp?0si= Robert Bazell NBC News Even in severely depressed patients, the antidepressant drug, Zoloft, was [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged St. John’s wort, Sugar pills, Zoloft |
By admin on March 26, 2002
3/26/2002 • Scientists find Prozac ‘link’ to brain tumours Steve Connor Science Editor Independent Scientists have discovered that Prozac, the antidepressant taken by millions of people around the world, may stimulate the growth of brain tumours by blocking the body’s natural ability to kill cancer cells. Scientists find Prozac ‘link’ to brain tumours http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=278505 Steve [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged brain tumours, Link, Prozac |
By admin on March 15, 2002
3/15/2002 • Rare Neurologic Syndrome Linked to Antidepressant Jim Rosack Psychiatric News March 15, 2002 Volume 37 Number 6, p. 31 Neurologists warn other clinicians that SSRIs could contribute to a potential increase in certain patients‚ risk of having a rare form of stroke. Rare Neurologic Syndrome Linked to Antidepressant http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/1/130 Jim Rosack Psychiatric News [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Antidepressant, Jim Rosack, Neurologic Syndrome, stroke |
By admin on February 28, 2002
2/28/2002 • Antidepressant drug trials turn away most of the depressed population Mark Zimmerman, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital Brown University While antidepressants are among the most frequently prescribed medications, most patients treated for major depression in a typical outpatient psychiatric practice would not qualify [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Antidepressant, Brown University, depressed population |
By admin on February 13, 2002
2/13/2002 • Psychiatrists shift the mood on antidepressants Matt Weaver Society-Guardian The professional body for psychiatrists has conceded that antidepressant pills such as Prozac may only have a 50% success rate in treating depression. Psychiatrists shift the mood on antidepressants http://society.guardian.co.uk/mentalhealth/story/0,8150,649503,00.html Matt Weaver Society-Guardian The professional body for psychiatrists has conceded that antidepressant pills such [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged antidepressants, mood |
By admin on February 7, 2002
2/7/2002 • Scandal of scientists who take money for papers ghostwritten by drug companies Sarah Boseley health editor Guardian Scientists are accepting large sums of money from drug companies to put their names to articles endorsing new medicines that they have not written – a growing practice that some fear is putting scientific integrity in [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged drug companies, ghostwritten, Scandal, scientists |
By admin on February 6, 2002
2/6/2002 • Scientists Find Little, If Any, Proof Ritalin Is Effective Brad Evenson National Post – Canada 2-6-2 After a painstaking analysis of 62 studies of Ritalin treatment for attention deficit disorder, a team of Canadian researchers says it has found little scientific evidence the drug lives up to its reputation. Scientists Find Little, If [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies |
By admin on December 17, 2001
Culberson vs. Pfizer Jury: Pfizer Drug Did Not Cause Woman’s Death Reuters A jury on Monday found that the prescription drug Rezulin did not contribute to the death of a diabetic woman who died in January 2000, Pfizer Inc., whose subsidiary Warner-Lambert made the drug, said. Culberson vs. Pfizer 12/17/2001 Jury: Pfizer Drug Did Not [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Death, Rezulin, Woman's |
By admin on December 10, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Anti-depressant ‘addicts’ threaten legal case Sarah Boseley, Health Editor The Guardian (UK) More than 60 people in Britain who say they have become hooked on the anti-depressant Seroxat – a drug in the Prozac class – are exploring the possibility of legal action against the [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged addicts, Glaxo Smithkline |
By admin on December 3, 2001
12/3/2001 • STUDIES ON RITALIN ARE CHILD ABUSE DOUGLAS MONTERO NEW YORK POST “They want to see how much these children can tolerate,” said Vera Hassner Sharav, who heads the New York-based Alliance for Human Research Protection. “The research is absolutely child abuse.” STUDIES ON RITALIN ARE CHILD ABUSE http://www.nypost.com/cgi-bin/printfriendly.pl DOUGLAS MONTERO NEW YORK POST [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged abuse, child, RITALIN |
By admin on November 12, 2001
11/12/2001 • Prozac triggers increase in aggression in mice Emma Young San Diego New Scientist The anti-depressant Prozac causes a dramatic increase in aggressive behavior in mice the day after the drug is administered, US researchers have found. Prozac triggers increase in aggression in mice http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991553 Emma Young San Diego New Scientist The anti-depressant Prozac [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies |
By admin on August 25, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Suit: Antidepressant is Addictive A lawsuit contends the manufacturer of the popular anti-depressant Paxil concealed evidence that the drug can be addictive Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation 8/25/2001 Suit: Antidepressant is Addictive http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010825/us/paxil_suit_1.html To learn more, go to http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com A [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Addictive, Antidepressant, concealed, evidence, Paxil, Suit |
By admin on August 24, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Victims File Lawsuit over Severe Withdrawal Reactions from the Antidepressant–PaxilFirst Class Action of its Kind Against an Antidepressant Maker FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 950 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Contact: Robin McCall, Media Relations Day: (800) 827-0087 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Glaxo Smithkline, Reactions, Withdrawal |
By admin on August 11, 2001
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham Judge Denies Rehearing in Drug Case Associated Press A federal judge denied a request by the maker of Paxil for a new trial in the case of a man who killed himself and three family members after taking the anti-depressant drug. Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham 8/11/2001 Judge Denies Rehearing [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, murder, Rehearing |
By admin on June 10, 2001
6/10/2001 • SSRI treatment suppresses dream recall frequency but increases subjective dream intensity in normal subjects. Pace-Schott EF, Gersh T, Silvestri R, Stickgold R, Salzman C, Hobson JA. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. edward_scott@hms.harvard.edu The decrease in dream frequency during SSRI treatment may reflect serotonergic REM suppression [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged dream, dream intensity, SSRI |
By admin on June 6, 2001
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham Paxil Maker Ordered to Pay $8 Million – Jury Says Anti-depressant Largely to Blame for Deadly Shooting Spree The Associated Press The manufacturer of the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant must pay $8 million to the relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug Paxil, jurors [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Blame, Deadly Shooting, Donald Schell, SmithKline |
By admin on December 29, 2000
As so many of you have been asking since Tuesday, here is the official data from the Boston Globe on the Prozac use and use of other antidepressants in the shooting that took place the day after Christmas in the Boston area. It is very rare that the information about the drug use comes out [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged BOSTON GLOBE, Christmas, Prozac, shooting |
By admin on December 27, 2000
Sorry that this is not much of a notice, but we just learned that tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern time Dr. Tracy will be doing a national radio show with Ian Punnett. Check your local stations to see who carries it in your area.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Dr. Tracy, Ian Punnett |
By admin on December 2, 2000
Judy Coburn, from here in Utah, whose husband killed himself on Paxil, and whose daugther Amy (14) attempted suicide on Paxil and was featured on the cover of US News and World Report earlier this year, will be on Montel show next week. It will air Wednesday at 10:00 AM MST. Check local listings to [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Alex Merkley, broadcasttalk.com, Paxil, SUICIDE |
By admin on November 2, 2000
Finally after all these years of working to get this information to an unsuspecting public, the New York Times is reporting what I have been writing about, lecturing about, testifying to, etc. all of this time—that the SSRIs (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc.) work like LSD. As I say on the front of my book `Prozac: [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical, LSD |
By admin on October 26, 2000
Once again Arianna Huffington has said it like it is! Bravo!! I have stated repeatedly that lack of insurance or poverty has saved many a life because they cannot afford these drugs. What a tragedy it will be if these drugs are made more affordable! The only thing she neglected to include in the following [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Any Price, poverty, Prozac, Unsafe |
By admin on October 16, 2000
Warning: Serious psychiatric disorders produced by Lariam (given for malaria) Keith Epstein has written a wonderful article for the Washington Post that exposes the dangers patients are reporting with this new anti-malaria medication, Lariam. How often have patients who took one of these new SSRI or SNRI antidepressants made this same statement? “I trusted what [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Lariam, malaria, Serious psychiatric disorders |
By admin on October 14, 2000
Here’s an email that Circare, a health rights organization, has sent to the White House recently. Note the new warning that is eliciting controversy in Great Britain: “people may feel suicidal in the first few weeks of taking Prozac and similar antidepressants.” Also attached are two relevant articles written by Sarah Boseley, Health correspondent for [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Great Britain, SUICIDE, warning |
By admin on October 12, 2000
I have been meaning to send this out to you for some time now as a reminder of the terrible aftermaths that so often follow a so called “Wonder Drug.” Note that this little wonder was distributed free of charge by the most noted health agency in the country, the National Institutes of Health. We [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Drug, Seeds of Death, Wonder Drug |
By admin on October 9, 2000
msnbc.com Lawmaker tells of acne drug’s risk Rep. Bart Stupak. NBC’s Dr. Bob Arnot discusses the possible health risks of Accutane and alternative treatments for severe cases of acne. Congressman attributes son’s suicide to Accutane MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Oct. 5. A Michigan congressman whose 17-year-old son committed suicide earlier this [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Accutane, acne drug, Acne Medicine, Bart Stupak, Congressman, Doctor Didn, Dr Bob Arnot, Food And Drug Administration, Health Risks, Hoffmann La Roche, Lawmaker, Menominee, Michigan Congressman, Msnbc, Poor Job, Prom Night Party, psychosis, Signs Of Depression, son, SUICIDE, Suicide Attempts, Term Democrat, Wife Laurie |
By admin on September 28, 2000
Thanks once again to Robin Eisner for another insightful article about SSRIs. Warning: Be very careful of your pets around medications and read closely to see what you might learn from the effects of SSRIs on Fido. This will leave you asking why these drugs are intentionally given by vets to our pets. Dr. Tracy [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Accidental Antidepression, dogs, SSRIs, warning |
By admin on September 28, 2000
Los Angeles Times Monday, September 25, 2000 Antidepressants Can Have a Range of Unpredictable Side Effects By JOE GRAEDON, TERESA GRAEDON Question: Our house burned down in December 1995. When my husband went for a blood pressure refill in April 1996, the doc asked how he was doing. My husband said, “A little depressed,” and [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Los Angeles Times, Prozac, Side Effects |
By admin on September 27, 2000
Once again we ask how many children are being prescribed antidepressants due to the effects of their acne medication? __________________________________________ Further study urged on Accutane, mental effects Updated 9:07 PM ET September 19, 2000By Lisa Richwine GAITHERSBURG, Md. (Reuters) – A federal advisory panel Tuesday recommended further study to shed light on whether some psychiatric [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Accutane, acne drug, Roche Holding Ltd.'s |
By admin on September 26, 2000
Andy Vickery, who has led the way in filing SSRI death cases, has taken on the case of Ryan Ehlis who was aquitted last year in the death of his baby daughter while in a psychotic break produced by the prescription drug Adderall. Notice in the following article that the drug makers admit that in [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Adderall, killing, Sues |
By admin on September 25, 2000
More evidence of the FDA’s “dirty laundry” was exposed in today’s USA Today this morning. Although nothing new, it is marvelous to see the mainstream press exposing it once again. Let’s hope that soon something will be done to address this serious public health risk – the “safety assurances for sale” policies of the FDA. [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged FDA's, Prozac, Safety, USA Today |
By admin on September 19, 2000
I discussed both in my book as well as in my tape on safe withdrawal the efficacy of essential oils for theraputic use. There is much scientific research on the value of using essential oils via aroma therapy and theraputic use. As memory is so adversely affected by serotonergic medications, I thought you might all [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Britain, Sage, theraputic |
By admin on September 17, 2000
Thursday, 14 September 2000 2 new lawsuits seek to halt the use of Ritalin THE NEW YORK TIMES Lawyers involved in class-action lawsuits against the tobacco industry, gun makers and health maintenance organizations yesterday filed two lawsuits against another target, the widely used drug Ritalin. The lawsuits, filed in federal courts in California and New [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged lawsuits, RITALIN |
By admin on August 25, 2000
FYI–Tonight (Friday, 8/25/00) on ABC 20/20 at 10pm eastern time will be another show about the problems with SSRI medication. Please check your TV GUIDE for the time in your area. Mark H I G H L I G H T S Friday. Aug. 25 Dr. Nancy Snyderman examines the possible side effects when discontinuing [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Paxil, Side Effects |
By admin on August 16, 2000
Marcia Angell, former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote in an editorial this spring titled “Is Academic Medicine For Sale?” This article seems to confirm these suspicions. Hearings are scheduled next Tuesday in Washington, D.C. on this issue. Mark ———- Questioning Research Hearings on Keeping Conflict of Interest Out of [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Conflict of Interest, New England Journal of Medicine |
By admin on August 2, 2000
Thanks to George Ellis for bringing the following report on Ecstasy to our attention and for his voice of sanity in this insane serotonin drug situation. Be sure to note the comment “First patented under a differnet name as an appetite suppressant, ecstasy releases a neurotransmitter called serotonin, which heightens energy levels. The drugs short-term [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Ecstasy, epidemic, SSRI |
By admin on July 27, 2000
Jurgen and Brenda Viktor will be on the Queen Latifah Show on August 4, 2000. They will be interviewed about their son Jared’s tragic experience on Paxil, an account of which, written by his mother and posted on the www.drugawareness.org site, follows below. You will need to check your local TV guide to find times [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Paxil, Queen Latifah, Viktor |
By admin on July 25, 2000
This article might explain why your doctor’s interest has shifted away from you as a patient. He may be looking at you with $$$$ signs stamped all over you as he envision another guenia pig for yet another clinical trial funded by a large drug company. Most of you are aware, or certainly should be [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Clinical trial, scandals |
By admin on July 25, 2000
Mr. Rick Ewing, a trial attorney for the firm of Vickery and Waldner, responds to the purported balance of opinions expressed in the New York Times article on Prozac and violence (Article #108 on our eGroups list). It is a wonderful analysis, and I hope you’ll read it. Mark ——- Ms. Goode’s article is a [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged attorney, Ewing's, Letter, New York Times |
By admin on July 24, 2000
Once again we thank Vera Hassner Sharav, President, CIRCARE: Citizens for Responsible Care & Research, a Human Rights organization, for passing on this interesting commentary on Prozac’s name being changed to Sarafem for PMS. The dangers of interaction leading to serotonin syndrome – a life threatening complication of serotonergic medications – is most obvious in [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged PMS, Prozac, Sarafem |
By admin on July 23, 2000
In case any of you missed this last fall when it broke in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Wall Street Journal, here it is again so you have it for reference. Notice that this FDA official is also the doctor who is credited with starting the Fen-Phen craze with a medical study he published suggesting [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged diet-drug, FDA, Fen-Phen |
By admin on July 22, 2000
Seems like exercise works better than SSRI’s! What a surprise. After 16 weeks, patients who exercised showed statistically significant and comparable improvement relative to those who took Zoloft, or those who took the Zoloft and exercised. Be sure to look at the wide disparity in the percentage on drugs who relapse into depression after eight [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged DURHAM, exercis, major depression, N.C. |
By admin on July 18, 2000
July 18, 2000 Once Again, Prozac Takes Center Stage, in Furor By ERICA GOODE —————————————————————————— – Naum Kazhdan/ The New York Times At least two recently published books say that Prozac and related antidepressants are often indiscriminately prescribed and pose the risk of serious side effects, but critics of those views call them alarmist and [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Prozac, serious side effect, The New York Times |
By admin on July 18, 2000
Fox news on KTVU, Chan. 2 out of San Francisco will air a special tonight at 10:00 PM Pacific Time and again tomorrow night at the same time on the adverse reactions and long-term reactions to SSRI antidepressants. The reporters flew to Salt Lake City two weeks ago to interview me (Dr. Tracy), along with [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged adverse reactions, Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, KTVU, San Francisco |
By admin on July 17, 2000
Dear ICFDA eGroups subscribers…. This is a rather different message, and a difficult one at that. As many of you may know, my wife and I lost our 13-year son to an SSRI-induced suicide three years ago next week. (drugawareness.org/matthewmiller.html) In a few weeks we will be going to trial here in Kansas City in [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Stories and Photos |
By admin on July 15, 2000
We are grateful to our e-group member, Martin Hirschfeld, and also to Vera Hassner Sharav, President, CIRCARE: Citizens for Responsible Care & Research, for forwarding this information to us. AFTER 40 YEARS OF USE – the FDA has put new restrictions on the use of the antipsychotic, Mellaril. Obviously for many patients this strong warning [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged FDA, life-threatening side effects |
By admin on July 7, 2000
Sarafem, what a nice sounding name for such a deadly drug. How many patients will know that they are really getting Prozac with a different name? Why is a name change necessary? If it said Prozac on the label, would the patient take it? We will not know with the FDA allowing Lilly to change [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER, Sarafem |
By admin on June 29, 2000
Jury Awards $29M To Fen-Phen Users June 29, 2000 2:15 am EST Manufacturer Of Weight Loss Drug Plans To Appeal COQUILLE, OREGON (CBS News) – An Oregon jury has awarded $29.1 million in damages to a 58-year-old bus driver and her son who said the diet drug combination fen-phen damaged their hearts. American Home Products [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged $29M, Appeal, damaged, Fen-Phen, hearts |
By admin on June 28, 2000
As most of you have already read in my book, Dr. Lorne Brandes linked antidepressants to cancer in a 1992 study. Now we have additional evidence that this is happening with one of the leading cancer killers in women – breast cancer. This study indicates that long term use is the biggest culprit in breast [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Antidepressant, Breast Cancer, Dr. Lorne Brandes |
By admin on June 22, 2000
A revealing chat transcript with Dr. Joseph Glenmullen regarding SSRI’s and suicide can now be found on the ABCNews.com. Link follows the introduction. ————– Antidepressant Controversy Chat with Dr. Joseph Glenmullen June 21 Dr. Joseph Glenmullen Experts agree that drugs like Prozac and Zoloft (known medically as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors or SSRIs) are effective, [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged ABCNews.com, Dr. Joseph Glenmullen, SSRIs, SUICIDE |
By admin on June 21, 2000
This story has been posted on ABC News.com, after tonight’s 20/20 Show and Dr. Glenmullen’s appearance on the ABC News Chat. A Dark Side to Prozac? New Study Concludes Drugs Like Prozac May Induce Suicidal Behavior Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) have helped millions who suffer from depression. But, ask some medical professionals, can they [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged ABC, Dr. Glenmullen's, Induce Suicidal |
By admin on June 21, 2000
This story has been posted on ABC News.com, after tonight’s 20/20 Show and Dr. Glenmullen’s appearance on the ABC News Chat. A Dark Side to Prozac? New Study Concludes Drugs Like Prozac May Induce Suicidal Behavior Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) have helped millions who suffer from depression. But, ask some medical professionals, can they [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged ABC, Glenmullen's, Induce Suicidal Behavior |
By admin on June 20, 2000
This Wednesday evening 20/20 will air a show on SSRI side effects. Air time is 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Check local stations for air time and channel in your local area. Producers for the show have interviewed some of the members of our group who have suffered serious damage as a result of the [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged 20/20, Side Effects, SSRI |
By admin on June 14, 2000
This article which ran in the Boston Globe last Sunday does a good job of demonstrating the awkward position the makers of New Prozac are in- defending the new Prozac without offending its new partner, Eli Lilly. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/163/nation/Science_money_ drive_a_makeover+.shtml PROZAC – New directions Science, money drive a makeover By Mitchell Zuckoff, Globe Staff, 6/11/2000 This [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged money makeover, Prozac |
By admin on June 14, 2000
Thanks to Ian Goddard for forwarding us this information on Paxil and brain atropy. Paxil Causes Brain Atropy This is a major finding: the thalamus in children taking Paxil was observed to shrink after 12 weeks. This is portrayed as a good thing, since the study claims that the thalamus of OCD patients is too [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Brain Atropy, Paxil, Wayne State University School of Medicine |
By admin on June 14, 2000
At times I get so busy with all of these cases that I forget that not all of you are aware of what is happening. I must apologize for not sending this out sooner. This is a case that has been filed against the makers of Fen-Phen in a murder/suicide situation – another caring mother [...]
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By admin on June 13, 2000
http://search.boston.com/globe.vts A BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL The Prozac Question Eli Lilly, manufacturer of the highly successful antidepressant drug Prozac, wants to have it both ways. While it has always insisted that the drug does not cause even a tiny percentage of its users to contemplate suicide, it also wants to sell an updated version of Prozac [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged BOSTON GLOBE, Eli Lilly, Prozac, SUICIDE |
By admin on June 10, 2000
http://199.97.97.16/contWriter/yhd7/2000/06/08/medic/8169-0102-pat_nytimes.h tml Eli Lilly Sued By Family Of Prozac User Who Killed Wife, Self Mitchell Zuckoff c.2000 The Boston Globe Opening a new front in the battle over Prozac and suicide, the family of a man who killed his wife then himself while taking the drug are accusing Eli Lilly and Co. of fraud for [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Eli Lilly, Killed, Sued, Wife |
By admin on June 9, 2000
June 8, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Downey 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 950 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Contact: Robin McCall E-mail: bhagd@… Day: (800) 827-0087 or (310) 207-3233 Night: (818) 558-5964 www.bhagd.com/media/prozacinformation.html PROZAC MAKER, ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, COMMITTED FRAUD ON HAWAII COURT BY CONCEALING CRUCIAL EVIDENCE AT TRIAL, FAMILY IN [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Forsyth Case, Fraud, Prozac |
By admin on June 2, 2000
Use of Sertraline Linked to Suicidality LONDON, May 30 (Reuters Health) – The use of sertraline might prompt some patients to commit suicide, a UK researcher warns based on a study of healthy volunteers. In a double-blind, randomized crossover study, Dr. David Healy of the University of Wales College of Medicine compared the effects of [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged LONDON, Sertraline, Suicidality |
By admin on June 1, 2000
It is my opinion that one of the most frightening and dangerous practices in American medicine today is this direct to consumer advertising. Advertising of tobacco products has been banned, yet they are allowed to advertise prescription drugs? Where is the logic? Clearly many who have had their lives destroyed by the SSRIs would not [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged advertising, anti-anxiety, consumer |
By admin on June 1, 2000
You’ll find this story on the wire today, or at http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/drugs_m edia0601.html Misleading Drug Coverage Study Finds Failure to Disclose Important Information in Media By Katharine Webster The Associated Press June 1 — A study of how the mass media covers health found that many news stories on drugs fail to report side effects or [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Misleading, studies |
By admin on May 31, 2000
Here are another couple of articles on the close ties between the drug industry and medicine have become even closer. From these articles we learn what has gone wrong with the clinical trials that we thought were protecting us from big profit motives. The overall general attitude now seems to be: “Approve all drugs in [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Conflicts, Drug, Profit |
By admin on May 24, 2000
This chat is on tonight on the following ABC news site. http://chat.abcnews.go.com/cgi/chat/chat.dll?room=glenmullen Join Dr. Joseph Glenmullen, clinical instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and author of Prozac Backlash: Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and Other Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alternatives, for a chat about this withdrawal phenomenon at 6 p.m. ET. Dr. [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged ABC news, Dangers, Harvard, Joseph Glenmullen, SSRI |
By admin on May 24, 2000
This appears at http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/antidepressant s0515.html —— Antidepressants-Suicide Link Harvard Psychiatrist: Studies Needed The Associated Press B O S T O N, May 15 — Dr. Jonathan O. Cole, a Harvard psychiatrist who has suggested a link between antidepressants like Prozac and suicide, says drug manufacturers and the federal government haven’t adequately investigated the problem. In [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged antidepressants, Harvard Psychiatrist, SUICIDE |
By admin on May 24, 2000
The former US Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop has joined in the current concern over SSRI medications and suicide, and posts this on his site, drkoop.com. ————- Questions Persist Concerning Prozac’s Role in Suicide Risk May 11, 2000 Lee Hickling drkoop.com Health News The question of whether Prozac, the most-prescribed antidepressant, can make some [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged drkoop.com, SSRI, SUICIDE |
By admin on May 24, 2000
Thanks to Steve Whiting for alerting us to the following warnings from the FDA. It is about time the gave us some warning about the terrible withdrawal associated with the SSRI and SNRI antidepressants. I have highlighted a few spots in this warning that I want you to take note of in particular. Knowing HOW [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Effexor, FDA, Warnings |
By admin on May 24, 2000
This appears today on the ABC News website at http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/ssri000524.html Falling Off Prozac Doctors and Patients Unaware of Withdrawal Side Effects By Robin Eisner N E W Y O R K, May 24 — Tara Calhoun wanted to kill herself. The then-48-year-old mother of two from Norman, Okla., had forgotten to take her small dose [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged kill herself, Prozac, Side Effects, Withdrawal |
By admin on May 24, 2000
Salon Magazine has put several articles out this week on the SSRIs. The first article is about Dr. Joseph Glenmullen’s new book “Prozac Backlash.” Of course in their usual form Eli Lilly representatives and other critics have slammed it as misleading and lacking in scientific rigor. And now the author claims Eli Lilly reps are [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Salon Magazine, SSRIs |
By admin on May 23, 2000
In case you missed this I wanted to send this out again. I feel it is very important to know. There are too many children on this type of medication and little knowledge of these serious side effects to this drug. How many children are ending up on antidepressants as a result of their acne [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Accutane, Depression, SUICIDE |
By admin on May 23, 2000
I hope you have all had the chance to read “The Next Generation Medical Guinea Pigs–Our Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil Babies” (located near the bottom of the page at http://drugawareness.org/200000.html). I wrote this article for the two major Salt Lake newspapers and it was published the summer of 1998. It will give you the background [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Clinton, Gore, Insight Magazine, mentally ill, schoolchildren |
By admin on May 18, 2000
The New England Journal of Medicine May 18, 2000 — Vol. 342, No. 20 Is Academic Medicine for Sale? by Marcia Angell, M.D., editor, In 1984 the Journal became the first of the major medical journals to require authors of original research articles to disclose any financial ties with companies that make products discussed in [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged England Journal of Medicine, financial ties |
By admin on May 17, 2000
Another article from the Indianapolis Star on yet another case filed against Zoloft. Vickery goes after Pfizer and its antidepressant Zoloft Staff Report The Indianapolis Star Last updated 11:01 PM, EST, Sunday, April 23, 2000 Andy Vickery aims to go beyond Prozac. He’s sighted a new target: Pfizer Inc. and its Prozac-like antidepressant, Zoloft. Vickery [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged case filed, Indianapolis Star, Zolof |
By admin on May 16, 2000
Drug giant to face lawsuit over Ritalin The Express, May 16, 2000 FROM GRAEME BEATON IN WASHINGTON The first of what could become a barrage of lawsuits over Ritalin, the controversial medicine prescribed for hyper-active children, has been launched by American lawyers. The action seeks unspecified damages against Novartis, the £30billion Swiss pharmaceutical giant which [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged lawsuitr, Novartis, RITALIN |
By admin on May 16, 2000
This story ran on page A10 of the Boston Globe on 5/15/2000. © Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company. A BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL Better drug reporting deal with a wide range of conditions, from depression to osteoporosis, doctors are reaching increasingly for their prescription pads. Patients who consume these drugs have faith that any side effects [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged BOSTON GLOBE, Depression, Drug |
By admin on May 16, 2000
The following are excerpts from Clinical Psychiatry News about long-term adverse effects of SSRIs. They could have learned this YEARS earlier by reading my book, Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? but at least they are FINALLY talking about it and as many of you have asked, I thought you would want this reference. Dr. Ann Blake [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Side Effects, SSRIs |
By admin on May 16, 2000
Sorry, we should have gotten this to you sooner. There is too much happening to keep up with it all! This is an article from the paper in the home of Eli Lilly, the Indianapolis Star. They did a good job on this article about Andy Vickery and his firm. The firm has been an [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged foe, Lilly |
By admin on May 15, 2000
The revelations contained in this press release from Vickery and Waldner are remarkable. It is being sent to major news media today, Monday, May 15th. Mark =============================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PROZAC, ZOLOFT, MAYHEM & SUICIDE Teicher & Cole – Together Again and Still Sounding the Alarm The February 1990 article by Harvard psychiatrists Martin Teicher [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged MAYHEM, Prozac, SUICIDE, Zoloft |
By admin on May 15, 2000
The Boston Globe has wasted no time in doing a story based on the Vickery & Waldner press release sent previously. Mark —————— Doctor lashes out in Prozac battle By Richard A. Knox, Globe Staff, 5/15/2000 Dr. Jonathan O. Cole, a Harvard psychiatrist who was one of the first to suggest that Prozac and similar [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Doctor, lashes out |
By admin on May 9, 2000
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/128/nation/Prozac_revisited+ .shtml Prozac revisited As drug gets remade, concerns about suicides surface By Leah R. Garnett, Globe Staff, 5/7/2000 Just as the 14-year patent on Prozac is about to expire and the drug’s maker, Eli Lilly and Co., is preparing to launch a new version, a body of evidence has come to light revealing the [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Prozac, suicides |
By admin on May 8, 2000
Monday evening CBS Evening News did a piece on the over drugging of children in America. Sorry we did not get that information to you sooner. Their summary is below. Hopefully they will include a transcript of tonight’s piece on their site soon. Tomorrow the news story is continued. Hope you can catch it. Dr. [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged ADHD, CBS |
By admin on May 8, 2000
Secret files protect dangerous doctors HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A little-known government database tracking malpractice suits and disciplinary action against physicians remains unavailable to the general public, and at least one congressman says dangerous doctors have hidden behind that shield of secrecy long enough. But standing in his way is the American Medical Association and [...]
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By admin on May 7, 2000
One more of my worst fears has just been confirmed. This is exactly why I have allowed nothing but distilled or reverse osmosis processed water into my home for years. It is also why I have great concern over cities where the water is fluoridated. With Prozac being 18% fluoride and it being a main [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Anti-depressants, water system |
By admin on May 7, 2000
Adverse Reaction Drugmaker: Breast Cancer Drug Linked to Death By Jessie Seyfer The Associated Press S A N F R A N C I S C O, May 5 — Pharmaceutical maker Genentech Inc. has warned doctors that the breast cancer drug Herceptin is linked to 15 deaths and 47 other adverse reactions in patients. [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Breast Cancer, Death, Drug |
By admin on May 1, 2000
Suit blames Prozac for suicide try By Jeff Swiatek The Indianapolis Star Last updated 11:58 PM, EST, Monday, May 01, 2000 A Pennsylvania woman and her husband have sued Eli Lilly and Co., charging that Prozac caused the woman to attempt suicide in 1997. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh, says Diane [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Prozac, SUICIDE |
By admin on April 30, 2000
From Dr. Tracy…. We sent you the news last week that Oakland County Medical Examiner Dr. Ljubisa Dragovic in Pontiac, MI attributed a ten year span of Ritalin use to the heart failure death of 14 year old Matthew Smith. Apparently for years the school had threatened to turn the family in for neglect if [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Gumble's, RITALIN |
By admin on April 30, 2000
WASHINGTON, Apr 19 (Reuters Health) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning US hospital pharmacies and dialysis centers of at least one case of fatal cardiac arrest linked to the unapproved injectable drug triCitrasol. The agency issued its warning after learning of the fatality, in which a patient went into cardiac arrest [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged triCitrasol, warning |
By admin on April 21, 2000
Here is a commentary that defends Dr. Joseph Glenmullen’s book, Prozac Backlash, by Nicholas Regush, a medical features writer for ABCNEWS. Mark It appears today on the ABC News site: More Prozac Backlash Drug Firm Attacks Prozac Book, But Lacks Long-Term Data Commentary By Nicholas Regush Prozac Nightmare. This is what I would have called [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Glenmullen, Nicholas Regush, Prozac Backlash |
By admin on April 18, 2000
The Ritalin issue is now part of primetime network dramas. If you get a chance, watch Judging Amy tonight (April 18th) 8pm EST – 7 Central…. Amy is concerned about learning why 10% of the students are on Ritalin.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged April, Judging Amy, primetime, RITALIN |
By admin on April 17, 2000
The inability to handle heat has been a common report from patients for years with the serotonergic medications. Many patients also find that it continues after coming off the medication. Now the Dallas Morning News brings us some insight into the dangers of that reaction. Dr. Tracy ———————— Heat deaths related to medication raised Dallas [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged deaths, doubled, serotonergic |
By admin on April 17, 2000
Medical Examiner: Ritalin May Have Led to Boy’s Death Monday, April 17, 2000 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTIAC, Mich. — A medical examiner says long-term use of Ritalin, a drug used to treat hyperactive children, may have led to a 14-year-old boy’s death. Matthew Smith collapsed at his home on March 21 while playing with a [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged boy, Death, RITALIN |
By admin on September 1, 1999
9/1/1999 • Persistently increased density of serotonin transporters in the frontal cortex of rats treated with fluoxetine during early juvenile life V V, Moll GH, Bagli M, Rothenberger A, Ruther E, Huether G Department of Adult Psychiatry, University of Gottingen, Germany. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 1999; 9(1); 13-24; discussion 25-6 This is the first empirical [...]
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By admin on August 8, 1999
8/8/1999 • Antidepressant discontinuation-related mania: critical prospective observation and theoretical implications in bipolar disorder. Goldstein TR, Frye MA, Denicoff KD, Smith-Jackson E, Leverich GS, Bryan AL, Ali SO, Post RM Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. J Clin Psychiatry 1999 Aug 60(8); 563-7 quiz 568-9 These 6 cases suggest a paradoxical effect [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Antidepressant, Bipolar, mania |
By admin on June 1, 1999
6/1/1999 • Fluoxetine treatment of depression. Clinical effects, drug concentrations and monoamine metabolites and N-terminally extended substance P in cerebrospinal fluid. Martensson B, Nyberg S, Toresson G, Brodin E, Bertilsson L Department of Psychiatry, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1989 Jun; 79(6); 586-96 During treatment the 5-HIAA concentration decreased by 46%. Fluoxetine treatment [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged cerebrospinal fluid, Depression, Fluoxetine treatment |
By admin on September 1, 1998
9/1/1998 • Prenatal Exposure to Fluoxetine (Prozac) Produces Site-Specific and Age-Dependent Alterations in Brain Serotonin Transporters in Rat Progeny: Evidence from Autoradiographic Studies Theresa M. Cabrera-Vera2 and George Battaglia Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois Pharmacology; Vol. 286 Issue 3, 1474-1481, September 1998 The age-dependent [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Age-Dependent Alterations, Brain Serotonin, Prozac |
By admin on January 1, 1998
Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil Antidepressant Users vs Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline Commonly-Prescribed Antidepressants Are Extremely Dangerous for Some ClassActionAmerican.com Some 200 legal actions have been filed against Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers of Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), and Paxil (paroxetine), respectively, to recover for suicides or homicides. rozac, Zoloft, and Paxil Antidepressant [...]
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By admin on February 17, 1997
2/17/1997 • Correlated reductions in cerebrospinal fluid 5-HIAA and MHPG concentrations after treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Sheline Y, Bardgett ME, Csernansky JG Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1997 Feb 17 1 11-4 Drug treatment, overall, was associated with significant decreases in 5-HIAA [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged 5-HIAA, Correlated reductions, MHPG, SSRI |
By admin on August 11, 1996
08/11/1996 • Mutant Mice May Hold Key To Human Violence–An ExcessOf Serotonin, A Chemical That Helps Regulate Mood And Mental Health, Causes Mayhem Jean Chen Shih Portland Press Herald A Tg8 is born with its brain awash in an excess of serotonin, a neurotransmitter chemical that helps regulate mood and mental health, and [Jean Chen] [...]
Posted in Scientific Studies | Tagged Human Violence, Mental Health, mood, Mutant Mice |
By admin on July 23, 1996
7/23/1996 • Effect of acute and chronic fluoxetine on extracellular dopamine levels in the caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens of rat. Clark RN, Ashby CR Jr, Dewey SL, Ramachandran PV, Strecker RE Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794, USA. Synapse 1996; Jul; 23 (3); 125-31 Extracellular levels [...]
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By admin on April 15, 1993
4/15/1993 • Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites in fluoxetine-treated patients with major depression and in healthy volunteers. De Bellis MD, Geracioti TD Jr, Altemus M, Kling MA Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health,National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Biol Psychiatry 1993 Apr 15-May 1; 33 (8-9); 636-41 CSF 5-HIAA and MHPG decreased significantly… following [...]
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By admin on May 17, 1975
5/17/1975 • Fenfluramine in man: hypophagia associated with diminished serotonin turnover. Shoulson I, Chase TN Clin Pharmacol Ther 1975 May 17(5) 616-21 The results support the contention that the effect of fenfluramine on human dietary intake may be mediated by alterations in serotonergic rather than dopaminergic mechanisms. Fenfluramine in man: hypophagia associated with diminished serotonin [...]
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