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By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
“Anti-depressants didn’t help the manic side of Munn’s bipolar disorder. At times his thoughts raced. He didn’t sleep. He had grandiose ideas like how to fix the entire mental health system in the state of Montana.”
“And he believed he could do anything he wanted.”
“’I felt rules didn’t apply to me. That would be grandiosity,’ he said. ‘But they do. And that’s accepting that you have a mental illness’.”
Posted in Legal Cases, Recent Cases Blog | Tagged abilify, ADHD, antidepressants, Bipolar, Depakote, Depression, diagnose, disorder, geodon, lamictal, mania, misdiagnose, Paxil, psychosis, risperdal, RITALIN, seroquel, topamax, zyprexa |
By admin on June 15, 2009
Second Update: Paxil Lawsuit Donald J. (“Don”) Farber Attorney at Law Our objective in the lawsuit is to compel SmithKline to place an accurate warning label on Paxil regarding the drug’s addictive qualities. In 1992 Paxil’s watered down label was approved by the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), and has been remain unchanged ever since-this [...]
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By admin on February 24, 2004
Trial starts for Palmyra man accused of killing By Steve Sharp Daily Times staff The defense said today it plans to argue that Throm did not intend to kill Wilke and that his personality was affected by the mood-altering drug Paxil. Jefferson Co., Wisconsin vs. David Throm (Criminal Trial) 2/24/2003 Trial starts for Palmyra man [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged kill Wilke, man, Palmyra, Paxil |
By admin on March 1, 2003
Patients vs. Bayer Bayer Official Offers Defense in Texas Trial of Drug Suit By MELODY PETERSEN The New York Times 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. He [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Drug Suit, Patients vs. Bayer, Texas |
By admin on February 28, 2003
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 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged 42-year-old, guilty, homicide, Jefferson Co |
By admin on February 5, 2003
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. [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Columbine victim, Settles, Solvay Pharmacueticals |
By admin on January 17, 2003
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 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Columbine, Solvay Pharmacueticals, survivor, unlikely pair |
By admin on January 13, 2003
LA judge denies class action for Glaxo Paxil suit Reuters 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 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Glaxo, habit-forming, Paxil, Paxil suit |
By admin on November 30, 2002
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 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Cassidy vs. Eli Lilly, metabolization, not disclosed |
By admin on November 3, 2002
Holcombe and Gollin vs. GlaxoSmithKline 2 Wisconsin women sue anti-depressant maker By TOM HELD theld@journalsentinel.co Journal Sentinel Suits here and elsewhere claim Paxil addictive, consumers not warned. Holcombe and Gollin vs. GlaxoSmithKline 11/3/2002 2 Wisconsin women sue anti-depressant maker http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov02/93028.asp By TOM HELD theld@journalsentinel.co Journal Sentinel Two Wisconsin women have filed a class-action lawsuit against [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged consumers not warned., Holcombe and Gollin, Paxil addictive |
By admin on October 10, 2002
Mass. group sues Paxil drugmaker By Ellen Barry Globe Staff A group of Massachusetts plaintiffs filed a class-action suit earlier this month against the maker of the blockbuster antidepressant Paxil, alleging that withdrawal from the drug brought on such ill effects as nausea, sweating, agitation, tremors, insomnia, dizziness, and the sensation of electric ”zaps” in [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged agitation, and the sensation of electric ''zaps'' in the brain., dizziness, insomnia, nausea, Paxil drugmaker, sweating, tremors |
By admin on August 20, 2002
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Judge: Paxil ads can’t say it isn’t habit-forming LOS ANGELES (AP) A federal judge ordered the maker of the popular anti-depressant Paxil to stop all television commercials nationwide that say the drug is not habit-forming. Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Aristei, Baum, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation, habit-forming, Hedlund |
By admin on July 23, 2002
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham Glaxo Raises White Flag, Settles Paxil Trial Appeal, and Pays Up Rick Giombetti In a bombshell comparable to the recent belated revelation of the disaster that hormone replacement therapy has been, I have learned that Paxil manufacturer Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK) has secretly settled its appeal of the ruling in the Paxil [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged 7/23/2002, and Pays Up, Appeal, Glaxo, Paxil, Settles, Trial |
By admin on June 25, 2002
Amby Cole vs. Eli Lilly Lilly faces another Prozac lawsuit Tennessee widow says husband hanged himself 13 days after drug was prescribed. By Jeff Swiatek jeff.swiatek@indystar.com The Indianapolis Star The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, is the latest in more than 200 lawsuits against Prozac maker [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Indianapolis Star, lawsuit, Lilly, Prozac |
By admin on May 24, 2002
Healy vs. University of Toronto Scientist stands by views of drugs after settling lawsuit with U of T A prominent British psychiatrist who found his offer of a post at a University of Toronto teaching hospital rescinded after he criticized a popular form of antidepressants says he stands by his controversial view of the drugs [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged antidepressants, Healy, University of Toronto |
By admin on April 29, 2002
Hassett vs. Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) Man Claims he Became Psychotic on Accutane Luke Hassett, 22, who was diagnosed as being a paranoid schizophrenic after taking Roaccutane, is to sue Leeds General Infirmary and the clinician who prescribed him the drug. Hassett vs. Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) 4/29/2002 Man Claims he Became Psychotic on Accutane [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Accutane, Hassett, paranoid schizophrenic, Roaccutane |
By admin on December 17, 2001
Culberson vs. Pfizer Jury: Pfizer Drug Did Not Cause Woman’s Death Reuters A jury on Monday found that the prescription drug Rezulin did not contribute to the death of a diabetic woman who died in January 2000, Pfizer Inc., whose subsidiary Warner-Lambert made the drug, said. Culberson vs. Pfizer 12/17/2001 Jury: Pfizer Drug Did Not [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Death, Rezulin, Woman's |
By admin on December 10, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Anti-depressant ‘addicts’ threaten legal case Sarah Boseley, Health Editor The Guardian (UK) More than 60 people in Britain who say they have become hooked on the anti-depressant Seroxat – a drug in the Prozac class – are exploring the possibility of legal action against the [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged addicts, Glaxo Smithkline |
By admin on August 25, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Suit: Antidepressant is Addictive A lawsuit contends the manufacturer of the popular anti-depressant Paxil concealed evidence that the drug can be addictive Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation 8/25/2001 Suit: Antidepressant is Addictive http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010825/us/paxil_suit_1.html To learn more, go to http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com A [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Addictive, Antidepressant, concealed, evidence, Paxil, Suit |
By admin on August 24, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation Victims File Lawsuit over Severe Withdrawal Reactions from the Antidepressant–PaxilFirst Class Action of its Kind Against an Antidepressant Maker FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 950 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Contact: Robin McCall, Media Relations Day: (800) 827-0087 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Glaxo Smithkline, Reactions, Withdrawal |
By admin on August 11, 2001
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham Judge Denies Rehearing in Drug Case Associated Press A federal judge denied a request by the maker of Paxil for a new trial in the case of a man who killed himself and three family members after taking the anti-depressant drug. Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham 8/11/2001 Judge Denies Rehearing [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, murder, Rehearing |
By admin on June 6, 2001
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham Paxil Maker Ordered to Pay $8 Million – Jury Says Anti-depressant Largely to Blame for Deadly Shooting Spree The Associated Press The manufacturer of the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant must pay $8 million to the relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug Paxil, jurors [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Blame, Deadly Shooting, Donald Schell, SmithKline |
By admin on January 1, 1998
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 [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged antidepressants, Dangerous, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer |
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