International Coalition for Drug Awareness
A Group of physicians, researchers, Journalists and concerned citizens dedicated to educating about the dangers posed by many Rx medicines.
9/1/2003 • A Systematic Chart Review of the Nature of Psychiatric Adverse Events in Children and Adolescents Treated with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Timothy E. Wilens MD ; Joseph Biederman MD ; Anne Kwon MS ; Rhea Chase BA ; Laura Greenberg BA ; Eric Mick ScD ; Thomas J. Spencer MD Journal of Child…
8/21/2003 • Research challenges role of antidepressants Professor Joe Collier, editor of DTB Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) The DTB said that most patients with mild depression fell below the threshold of severity used in clinical trials for antidepressants. Research challenges role of antidepressants http://www.societyguardian.co.uk Professor Joe Collier, editor of DTB Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin…
11/11/2002 • Genes play a part, but violence may be viral By TOM SIEGFRIED The Dallas Morning News ORLANDO, Fla. Harvard Medical School This interesting article states: “Those genes are found in nerve cells (or neurons) that produce the brain chemicals dopamine and serotonin. When active, the genes tell the neurons to pump more of…
11/5/2002 • Adolescent Drug Use Creates Long-Term Imbalance Even commonly prescribed amphetamines may lead to addictive behavior. By Ross Grant Health ScoutNews Reporter Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Here is more evidence that there is significant brain alteration within brain cells in response to synthetic chemicals that change brain function in many unknown ways. Could these…
10/31/2002 • Ethyl-Eicosapentaenoate Could Be Effective In Persistent Depression By Elda Hauschildt Archives of General Psychiatry, 2002; 59: 913-919 Ethyl-eicosapentaenoate at a dose of 1 gram per day could be effective in treating depression in patients with persistent illness after standard antidepressant therapy. Ethyl-Eicosapentaenoate Could Be Effective In Persistent Depression http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C5B005A901A By Elda Hauschildt Archives…
5/1/2002 • Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH; Paul D. Allen, MD, MPH; Steffie J. Woolhandler, MD, MPH; David U. Himmelstein, MD; Sidney M. Wolfe, MD; David H. Bor, MD Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA. 2002;287:2215-2220 Serious ADRs commonly emerge after Food and…
4/10/2002 • Effect of Hypericum perforatum (St John’s Wort) in Major Depressive Disorder David J. Kupfer, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (e-mail: kupferdj@msx.upmc.edu). JAMA Vol. 287 No. 14 This study fails to support the efficacy of H perforatum in moderately…
4/9/2002 • Sugar pills offer more relief than St. John’s wort, Zoloft Robert Bazell NBC News Even in severely depressed patients, the antidepressant drug, Zoloft, was no better than placebo. Sugar pills offer more relief than St. John’s wort, Zoloft http://www.msnbc.com/news/736379.asp?0si= Robert Bazell NBC News Even in severely depressed patients, the antidepressant drug, Zoloft, was…
3/26/2002 • Scientists find Prozac ‘link’ to brain tumours Steve Connor Science Editor Independent Scientists have discovered that Prozac, the antidepressant taken by millions of people around the world, may stimulate the growth of brain tumours by blocking the body’s natural ability to kill cancer cells. Scientists find Prozac ‘link’ to brain tumours http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=278505 Steve…
3/15/2002 • Rare Neurologic Syndrome Linked to Antidepressant Jim Rosack Psychiatric News March 15, 2002 Volume 37 Number 6, p. 31 Neurologists warn other clinicians that SSRIs could contribute to a potential increase in certain patients‚ risk of having a rare form of stroke. Rare Neurologic Syndrome Linked to Antidepressant http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/1/130 Jim Rosack Psychiatric News…