International Coalition for Drug Awareness
Educating about the dangers of Antidepressant Medications
Paragraphs three and four read: “The officer gave several verbal commands for the suspect to drop the knife. That’s when the suspect lunged towards the officer and the officer opened fire,” said Cpl. David Schiralli, spokesman of the Gwinnett County Police Department.” “CBS Atlanta spoke to Bagley’s family. They said he was a huge teddy…
NOTE FROM Ann Blake-Tracy (_www.drugawareness.org_ (http://www.drugawareness.org) ): This reminds me of a case I had in Florida years ago where a young man was staying with friends and had been a little “down” lately. He remembered that the wife in the family had a bottle of Zoloft she had placed on top of the fridge…
Paragraph four reads: “Michael Clare, defending, said Roberts was sorry for what had happened, that he suffered from depression, was on medication and could not remember anything when he drank alcohol.” SSRI Stories Note: The Physicians Desk Reference states that antidepressants can cause a craving for alcohol and can cause alcohol abuse. Also, the liver…
Paragraph one reads: “On May 28, 2002, Briggs pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the first degree, Idaho Code § 18-4003(a), and two counts of aggravated battery, I.C. §§ 18-903, 18-907(b). After being sentenced to a unified term of life imprisonment with twenty-five years determinate for the murder conviction and several lesser concurrent…
Paragraph 12 reads: “Mr Henderson said Te Iwimate had mental health issues, was on anti-depressants and an anti-psychotic injection which he received on Tuesday. ” http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/3583817/Man-demands-bus-refu nd-at-knifepoint By FELICITY ROSS – Taranaki Daily News Last updated 05:00 15/04/2010 ROBERT CHARLES/Taranaki Daily News Police arrested a man about 30 minutes after he allegedly robbed a woman…
A wife’s story of ovarian cancer and domestic
violence added yet another layer of passion to Garland’s lone contested city
council race Monday night.
Sharp questions, finger-pointing between
incumbent John Willis and challenger David McNeely and a moderator calling for
order had already made for a lively forum. Then, as parties were dismissed,
Donna McNeely stepped to the podium at Shiloh Worship Center.
She told
of being diagnosed with cancer shortly after their marriage in 1997, of
suffering depression after the treatment and of medication that magnified her
issues.
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The investigators followed 300 patients who were in
ongoing outpatient treatment for depression over six weeks. The authors compared
what the patient reported on a standardized scale of 31 different side effects
(Toronto Side Effects Scale; TSES) with the information recorded by the treating
psychiatrist on each patient’s chart. The main finding: A stunning disconnect
between psychiatrists and their patients. The average number of side effects
reported by the patients on the TSES was 20 times (!) higher than the number
recorded by the psychiatris. When the investigators concentrated on those side
effects that were most troubling to the patient, patients still reported
2 to 3 times more side effects than were recorded by the treating
psychiatrist.
AN A&E consultant has warned
of the “lethal” consequences of combining alcohol and prescription medication
following the death of Bertie Ahern’s nephew from a mixture of drink and
anti-depressants.
Dr Chris Luke said people were admitted every day
suffering from the effects of legal drug and alcohol cocktails. Dr Luke, a
consultant at Cork University Hospital, said legal drugs were as dangerous as
illegal drugs and the public needed to be made aware of the dangers.