<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR DRUG AWARENESS &#187; lexapro</title>
	<link>http://www.drugawareness.org</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:07:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>LEXAPRO:  Murder:  Defense of Involuntary Intoxication:  Louisiana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Baton Rouge man is not
criminally responsible for the murder of his ex-fiancée and attempted murder of

one of her neighbors in 2008 because he was involuntarily intoxicated at the
time, one of his attorneys told a jury Wednesday.

Defense lawyer Tommy
Damico argued in his opening statement that Frederick Dominique Reed Jr. had a
violent reaction to the prescribed anti-depressant Lexapro, which he began
taking in early August 2008.

But a prosecutor countered that Reed was
“very calculated’’ in hunting down Mia Reid and shooting her at her
Scotlandville apartment while she slept next to her 10-year-old daughter on Aug.
23, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/lexapro-murder-defense-of-involuntary-intoxication-louisiana</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LEXAPRO:  Vehicular Manslaughter:  No Alcohol: Idaho</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HAILEY ­ Nearly a year after Bert Redfern died in a
March 10 car crash on Idaho Highway 75 in Hailey, a Twin Falls man has pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for the fatal crash.

Cody
Stevens, 29, of Twin Falls, had been charged with felony vehicular manslaughter.
On Tuesday, just weeks before his district court trial was set to begin, he
pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of up to a year in
prison and a $2,000 fine.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/lexapro-vehicular-manslaughter-no-alcohol-idaho</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LEXAPRO: Caused Mania: Man Died After Being Pepper Sprayed 10 TIMES!: FL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The widow of an Ohio man who died in police custody in Fort
Myers, Florida last March, will file a federal lawsuit for violating her
husband’s constitutional rights by failing to recognize that he was mentally
ill.

Joyce Christie, of Girard, Ohio, and her son, plan to file the
action against the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Prison Health Services (PHS),
the private company that oversees medical care for the jail, which had taken
custody of Nicholas Christie for trespassing.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/lexapro-caused-mania-man-died-after-being-pepper-sprayed-10-times-fl</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LEXAPRO- 4 DAY WITHDRAWAL: Obit for Suicide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mahlon R. Wolfe, age 28, Avoca, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, at Avoca. He
was born Feb. 17, 1976, at Auburn, Ind., son of Michael G. and Margaret
(Householder) Wolfe. He married Roseann Groleau May 22, 1999, at Nebraska City.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Harold Householder, and
his paternal grandmother, Dorcas D. Wolfe. Services are at 1 p.m., Tuesday,
Sept. 28, 2004, at Fusselman-Wymore Funeral Home Chapel at Weeping Water. Bishop
Pat Herrick of the Church of Latterday Saints, Nebraska City, will officiate.
Cremation will follow the service.
Source: Nebraska City News-Press ,
Sept, 2004.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/lexapro-4-day-withdrawal-obit-for-suicide</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Effexor: Insomnia &amp; Night Sweats + Withdrawal &amp; Brain Zaps:  Peoples Pharmacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q:I have been taking Effexor XR for two
years. At first I was pleased that it relieved the anxiety, depression and
excessive worrying I had been suffering. Then I began experiencing insomnia and


night sweats and decided to taper off this antidepressant.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/effexor-insomnia-night-sweats-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LEXAPRO:  Artie Lange Arrested for DUI:  New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At long last, The
Howard Stern Show returned to the air live this Monday morning.  With
the abundance of celebrity news to catch up on and current box office topper
“Bruno” in the studio, Howard Stern Show fans really only wanted to hear about
one thing: Artie


Lange’s DUI.  After proclaiming that he had been clean and sober for
months, Artie Lange was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Friday after a fender
bender in Tom’s River, New Jersey.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/lexapro-artie-lange-arrested-for-dui-new-york</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Effexor/SSRI Withdrawal:  Brain Zaps:  Peoples Pharmacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[:I have been taking Effexor XR for two years. At first I was pleased that it relieved the anxiety, depression and excessive worrying I had been suffering. Then I began experiencing insomnia and night sweats and decided to taper off this antidepressant.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/effexorssri-withdrawal-brain-zaps-peoples-pharmacy</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>LEXAPRO:  The Howard Stern&#8217;s Show&#8217;s Artie Lange Arrested for DUI:  New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Artie Lange was noticeably quieter than usual on Monday morning’s broadcast, only peppering the on-air conversations with an occasional joke or cutting remark. About two hours into the broadcast, Artie Lange finally broke his silence about Friday’s DUI. After stating that: “for once I’m actually doing something sensible and listening to my lawyer and not talking about it,” Artie Lange went on to tease the audience with a few details of the incident that catapulted him to the top of Google Trends on Friday, despite The Howard Stern Show having been off air for a full two weeks."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/lexapro-the-howard-sterns-shows-artie-lange-arrested-for-dui-new-york</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DEPRESSION MED:  Woman Stabs To Death A Man On A Stairwell:  Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Defence solicitor Bernie Balmer said Epshtein was on medication for anxiety, bipolar, depression, pain and one to lower her heart rate.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/depression-med-woman-stabs-to-death-a-man-on-a-stairwell-australia</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DEPRESSION MED:  Woman Assaults a Deputy Sheriff: Colorado</title>
		<description><![CDATA["When deputies arrived, they noted Moschetti, who was standing outside and cursing at a man inside, was slurring her speech and had a distant gaze in her eyes. She said she was taking medication for depression."

]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/depression-med-woman-assaults-a-deputy-sheriff-colorado</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Antidepressant use doubles in U.S., study finds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About 6 percent of people were prescribed an antidepressant in 1996 — 13 million people. This rose to more than 10 percent or 27 million people by 2005, the researchers found.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressant-use-doubles-in-u-s-study-finds-2</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ICFDA Warning on Drug Discontinuation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A REMINDER: IT IS EASIER TO GET DOWN OFF A MOUNTAINTOP ONE GUARDED STEP AT A TIME THAN TO JUMP FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

No matter how few or how many side effects you have had on these antidepressants, withdrawal is a whole new world. The worst part of rapid withdrawal does not hit for several months AFTER you quit. So even if you think you are doing okay you quickly find that it becomes much worse.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/icfda-warning</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANTS: FT CARSON  Soldier (Freeman) Attempted Murder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freeman said the hospital staff prescribed him antidepressants and told him they were so busy that he wouldn’t receive counseling for a month.

A few weeks later, on Feb. 22, 2006, Freeman got in a fight with a man he had never met, Kenneth Tatum, in the China Express restaurant on B Street. Freeman pulled out his .357 and, before he knew it, he said, Tatum was bleeding on the ground. He had shot him through the thigh]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressants-ft-carson-soldier-freeman-attempted-murder</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANTS, ETC: FT CARSON Soldier (Eastridge) Multiple Murders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At first, Eastridge said, he enjoyed the intensity of it. He had a competition going with Bressler to see who could kill more bad guys. His final count, he said — and his sergeant confirmed — was about 80.

But after a few months, the raids, gore and constant threat of roadside bombs started to get to him. He couldn’t sleep. He was on edge all the time. Doctors at the base diagnosed him with PTSD, depression, anxiety and a sleep disorder. They gave him antidepressants and sleeping pills and put him back on duty.

When he went back to the doctors a few weeks later saying the pills were not working, his medical records show, they doubled his dose.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressants-etc-ft-carson-soldier-eastridge-multiple-murders</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANTS, ETC.: FT CARSON  Soldier (Marquez) Murder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He said he started trading his morphine with other soldiers for an antipsychotic called quetiapine and an anti-anxiety drug called clonazepam. Improper use of either can cause psychotic reactions, anxiety, panic attacks, aggressiveness and suicidal behavior, but, Marquez said, injured soldiers traded them like children in a lunchroom swapping desserts.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressants-etc-ft-carson-soldier-marquez-murder</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ZOLOFT: FT CARSON &#8211; Soldier (Needham) Sucide Attempt, Murder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In March 2007, Needham went to the battalion’s doctor, saying he was “losing it” and needed a break, according to a summary of his service that he wrote. He was prescribed the antidepressant Zoloft and sent back to work. In May, Needham said, he went back to the doctor and was again sent back to work. In June, according to medical records, he went again. And in September. Commanders always sent him back out on patrol, he said]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/zoloft-ft-carson-soldier-needham-sucide-attempt-murder</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>What Killed Anna Nicole Smith&#8217;s Son Daniel?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Then when serotonin levels become too high the end result is Serotonin Syndrome - a condition which can cause death by multiple organ failure. This was the cause of the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20 year old son, Daniel.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/overview/832</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DEPRESSION MED:  Suicide Attempt:  Story on The Gap:  Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paragraph 11 reads: "Years later, Mr Ritchie encouraged a ‘‘nervous and confused’’ woman, sitting on a ledge, shoes by her side, to follow him home. Over tea and toast, she revealed she was unhappy with medication she had been prescribed for depression. Mr Ritchie’s wife suggested she seek a second opinion. ‘‘A couple of months later she came up the path with a bottle of French champagne. We later got a Christmas card from her, and a postcard. It said 'I’ll never forget your important intervention in my life. I am well’.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/depression-med-suicide-attempt-story-on-the-gap-australia</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANT &amp; ALCOHOL: In Pink Pajamas Woman Slashes Neighbor&#8217;s Tires: UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Stephen Constantine, defending, said: 'Ms Fergus suffers from depression and this offending was a result of combining drink with her prescribed medication'."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressant-alcohol-in-pink-pajamas-woman-slashes-neighbors-tires-uk</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPESSANTS:  Death:  21 Year Old:  Florida</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ "In the wake of his death, his family searches for answers. Kathy Mott said she does not believe her son relapsed. She wonders if the antidepressants played a role in his death."

"Now she wants others to be careful."

"'Just because it's prescription drugs, doesn't mean you can't OD,' she said."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepessants-death-21-year-old-florida</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANT:  Man Threatens to Shoot Self:  In Stand-Off with Police: &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raritan Township police were called to a single-family home in the township about 3:30 p.m. after a woman reported her husband had locked himself in the bedroom and was threatening to shoot himself. The woman told police her husband had several guns in the house and that at least two -- a pistol and a rifle -- were in the bedroom with him.

She said he is taking medication to combat depression and that he had been drinking. The unnamed man allegedly told his wife he would resist if police responded, according to a news release.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressant-man-threatens-to-shoot-self-in-stand-off-with-police</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>DEPRESSION MED: Suicide: 14 year old girl: Ohio</title>
		<description><![CDATA["There is a huge amount of secrecy and denial. We have done a really good job of scaring people out of talking about their own mental health," he said.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/depression-med-suicide-14-year-old-girl-ohio</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANTS:  Mother Kills Daughter&#8217;s Rapist:  Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A MUM who killed her daughter’s rapist by throwing petrol over him and setting him alight has been jailed for nine years. Maria del Carmen Garcia Espinosa’s daughter Veronica was raped by a man from their home town, Benejuzar, in 1998 when she was just 13. Veronica’s mother has been in counselling and on anti-depressants ever since.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressants-mother-kills-daughters-rapist-spain</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANTS:  Police Officer Dead:  Shooter Dies Also:  shooter was o&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coroner: "Shooter was prescribed antidepressants."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressants-police-officer-dead-shooter-dies-also-shooter-was-o</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>ANTIDEPRESSANTS: 52% of Women Who Committed Suicide in 2006 Were taking a&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA["We first looked at antidepressant prescriptions. Of the 776 Scandinavian men in the sample, 259 (32%) (age-adjusted 95% confidence interval [CI]=28.5–35.2) filled a prescription for antidepressants in the 180 days before death. The corresponding figures were 176 of the 333 Scandinavian women in the sample (52%) (CI=46.7–57.5), 32 of the 102 foreign-born men (31%) (CI=21.6–39.5), and 21 of the 44 foreign-born women (43%) (CI=28.7–58.1)."]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/antidepressants-52-of-women-who-committed-suicide-in-2006-were-taking-a</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Report: Overdose of prescription drugs may have killed Michael Jackson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The star had been taking prescription painkillers including
anti-anxiety drugs Xanax, Zoloft and painkiller Demerol in recent
months, sources close to Jackson told Life &#038; Style. The insider
close to the star said he took a suspected overdose of drugs on
Thursday morning, which caused respiratory and cardiac arrest.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/overdose-of-prescription-drugs-killed-michael-jackson</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Michael Moore &#8211; Reveals the real cause of Columbine.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Michael Moore obtained a copy of Dr. Tracy&#8217;s book, &#8220;Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? &#8211; Our Serotonin Nightmare&#8221; at the premier of &#8220;Bowling for Columbine&#8221; in Denver, CO. After learning more about these drugs, see his statement from the movie he recently appeared in with Dr. Tracy, Mark Taylor, Neal Bush, and others in the Gary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/michael-moore-reveals-the-real-cause-of-columbine</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Columbine Anniversary Brings Columbine &amp; Red Lake Together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joint statement from the family of a Columbine victim &#038; the family of
the Red Lake, MN school shooter - total dead 25, total wounded 31
 
Testimony of Columbine shooting victim Mark Allen Taylor, before the
FDA
 
Statement by Michael Moore about the cause of Columbine after making
the movie, "Bowling for Columbine" ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/columbine-anniversary-brings-columbine-red-lake-together</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>More Proof of the damage of Anti-Depressants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The beginning is dramatic and emotional, but the end is very educational.
It proves that everything I've been saying about these anti-depressants is true and "real". Coming from actual victims and professionals. Please click on the link.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/more-proof-of-the-damage-of-anti-depressants</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>PAXIL: 85 Year Old Man Kills Wife: No History of Violence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you read through the next two paragraphs understand why I gasp when I hear that this man was given an SSRI while suffering from anxiety, pneumoniaand sleep apnea. You see, anything that increases serotonin - as the SSRI antidepressants are designed to do and all antidepressants do - shuts down the lungs thereby cutting off oxygen to the brain. This is how these drugs produce brain damage, the cutting off of the oxygen supply.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.drugawareness.org/articles/paxil-85-year-old-man-kills-wife-no-history-of-violence</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
