09/02/1999 – New Ritalin Study
The drug Ritalin is often prescribed for attention deficit disorder,
but a new study shows that the rate of kids taking the drug far exceeds
the expected number of actual ADD cases.
The drug Ritalin is often prescribed for attention deficit disorder,
but a new study shows that the rate of kids taking the drug far exceeds
the expected number of actual ADD cases.
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…
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…
Diet Drug Maker Found Liable for Woman’s Heart Problems
I was a volunteer for a hot line and received many complaints from
people
whose behavior became irrational after taking mood-altering drugs like
Prozac. The wife of comedian Phil Hartman, who killed her husband and
herself, was on the psychiatric drug Zoloft.
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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…
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…
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…