International Coalition for Drug Awareness
Educating about the dangers of Antidepressant Medications
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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….
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…
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 failed to present a manageable trial plan.
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…
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…