International Coalition for Drug Awareness
Educating about the dangers of Antidepressant Medications
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…
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 ingredient in
Paxil, Luvox, Phen-Fen, etc. I am concerned that there may
possibly be a synergistic effect from the water that could throw
patients on these drugs into toxic reactions. My concern is that
no one has looked at this possibility with fluoride or any other of
the chemicals put into our city water supplies.
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….
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…
From Ann Blake-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…
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…
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…
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.
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. Ann Blake-Tracy ———————— Heat deaths related to medication raised Dallas…
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…