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Educating about the dangers of Antidepressant Medications
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. Ann Blake-Tracy, Executive…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. Ann…