Journal of the American Medical Association – International Coalition for Drug Awareness

JAMA: Mild to severe depression better treated with alternatives to medications

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago05 mins

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers with depression stay home
sick more often than healthy colleagues, even when their disease is treated,
according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Tuesday.

The report,
commissioned by drug maker Sanofi Aventis, suggests that employers would
benefit from better treatments of their workers for depression. Depression is
the leading cause of disability among Americans aged 15 to 44, according to
the National Institute of Mental Health.

5/1/2002 • Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications

admin22 years ago01 mins

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…

4/29/2001 – Infants at [greater] risk from hospital drug errors

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David U, president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Canada,
says most mistakes in medication stem from “system error.”

Cathy Landry hovered over her son’s hospital bed, trying to comfort him as he
recovered from minor foot surgery. She picked him up, held him, put him down
again. “Please fall asleep,” she whispered to her second-born. “Mommy’s
tired.”

02/15/2001 – RISKING KIDS' HEALTH FOR SAKE OF SCIENCE – AT WHAT COST?

admin23 years ago07 mins

TWO city research institutions will extend their tentacles into our
communities today, looking for hundreds of kids, some as young as 3, to use
as guinea pigs.

The experiments, to determine the safety and efficacy of Ritalin in
preschoolers, have advocates up in arms – they think researchers are playing
fast and loose with the brains of children.

ICFDA on Drug Discontinuation: Dropping “cold turkey” off any medication, most especially mind altering medications, can often be MORE DANGEROUS than staying on the drugs.

JAMA: Mild to severe depression better treated with alternatives to medications

5/1/2002 • Timing of New Black Box Warnings and Withdrawals for Prescription Medications

4/29/2001 – Infants at [greater] risk from hospital drug errors

02/15/2001 – RISKING KIDS' HEALTH FOR SAKE OF SCIENCE – AT WHAT COST?