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By atracy on June 24, 2010
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By atracyphd on June 13, 2010
Seroxat [Paxil] antidepressant pills.
Photograph: Jack Sullivan/Alamy
The number of antidepressants prescribed by the NHS
has almost doubled in the last decade, and rose sharply last year as the
recession bit, figures reveal.
The health service issued 39.1m prescriptions for drugs to tackle depression in England in 2009, compared
with 20.1m in 1999 – a 95% jump. Doctors handed out 3.18m more prescriptions
last year than in 2008, almost twice the annual rise seen in preceding years,
according to previously unpublished statistics released by the NHS’s Business
Services Authority.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 11 June, 1m, antidepressants, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Family Doctors, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, Health Service, Jack Sullivan, Last Decade, Medication, Moderate Depression, Paxil, Paxil Antidepressant, prescriptions, Professor Steve, Recession, Royal College Of General Practitioners, Symptoms Of Depression, Treating Mild Depression |
By atracyphd on June 13, 2010
Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, of North Bergen, N.J.,
and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, of Elmwood Park, N.J., were reportedly nabbed
with help from an undercover rookie New York policeman of Egyptian descent, The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.,
reported. Alessa’s mother, Nadia Alessa, told CNN she thought the man Alessa
and Almonte called “Bassim” recorded provocative remarks the pair made and built
a case against them.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Allah, antidepressants, Army Jeep, Dr. Tracy, Drugawareness, drugs, Fellow, Guns, Jeep, La Times, Medications, Paxil, Posters, Profits, Prozac, Psychiatrist, Social Anxiety Disorder, Suicide Bomber, Taliban, Terrorist, Three Months, Young Man |
By atracyphd on June 1, 2010
The mainstream media
regularly reports on the “dangers” of “unproven” herbal remedies and
supplements. But what is the reported number of people who have died from using
herbs and supplements? According to the FDA, between 1993 and 1998, federal,
state and local agencies reported a total of 184 deaths, most of which were
associated with weight loss formulas. Compare that to the reported number of
people who die in hospitals because of the side effects of properly prescribed
pharmaceutical drugs: more than 100,000, every year. You can add to that the
number of patients killed in hospitals because of “medical errors”: another
100,000 or so. Those statistics are from the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA). This means that the ordained guardians of our health kill as
many people every week as died in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Adverse Effects, Athlete, Athletic Heart Syndrome, Burton Goldberg, Deceit, Dr. Tracy, Drug Approvals, Drugawareness, financial ties, Heart Malfunction, Herbal Remedies, Mainstream Media, Medical Errors, Ordeal, Pacemaker, Paxil, Paxil Withdrawal, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Weight Loss Formulas, Withdrawal Effects |
By atracyphd on June 1, 2010
Defendant was on Paxil, an anti-depressant drug, and had a few
drinks after playing golf. He was arrested and charged with DUI after
weaving through traffic. He was “obviously impaired” according to his
lawyer. “The worst I’d ever seen in 25 years.”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Additive Effect, Alcohol Cravings, Anti Depressant Drug, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Defendant, Dr. Tracy, Dui, Duis, Fairfax Co, Gdc, Involuntary Intoxication, Madd, Middle Aged Women, Overwhelming Compulsion, Package Insert, Paxil, Paxil Alcohol, Playing Golf, Ssri Antidepressants, SSRIs |
By atracyphd on May 15, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which was already the focus of controversy over whether it ignored the suicide risk of its antidepressant Paxil, has found itself linked to the Catholic Church’s cover-up of child abuse in the death of a priest who took the drug.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Abuse Scandal, Catholic Church, Catholic Priest, Child Abuse, Controversy, Federal Judge, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, Gsk, Jim Edwards, Judge David, Paxil, Paxil Lawsuit, Pharma, Priest Commits Suicide, Rick Tucker, Seminary, Sex Abuse, Suicide Risk, Tucker Case |
By atracyphd on May 1, 2010
In December 2005, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) posted its Paxil findings on its
website regarding pregnant women taking antidepressants. In this announcement,
GSK noted that it was revising its pregnancy precaution category from C to D.
This revision was based on recent studies that indicated positive evidence of
human fetal risk. In addition, GSK was placing this information in the WARNINGS
section of the Paxil label.
The FDA then advised pregnant women to switch from Paxil to another SSRI
drug, such as Prozac or Zoloft. This warning was based on the results of an
analysis of Sweden’s birth registry that showed women who took Paxil were 1.5 to
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Adverse Effects, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Birth Defects, Birth Registry, Dr Ann, Drug Awareness, Drugawareness, Fetal Risk, GlaxoSmithKline, Gsk, Heart Defects, International Coalition, Paxil, Paxil Birth Defects, Pregnant Women, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Ssris, Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Third Month Of Pregnancy |
By atracyphd on February 18, 2010
FOR 10 years, music fan Stephen White secretly held all the
answers to a musical mystery that had mystified one of Britain’s most
revered guitarists.
Every time he looked at the shiny 1964 Cherry Red
Gibson SG guitar hidden in his flat, he gulped at the memory of how he had
stolen it from Johnny Marr, the musician who shot to fame with cult rock group
The Smiths.
On Tuesday, a decade after pinching the £30,000 instrument
backstage after a gig at the Scala nightclub in King’s Cross, Mr White, a
38-year-old carer, owned up to the theft in court.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Apologises, Behavio, Carer, Cherry Red, Cult Rock, Denmark Street, England, Famous Musician, Gibson Sg Guitar, Guitar Shops, Inhibitions, Johnny Marr And The Healers, Magistrates Court, Music Fan, Musical Mystery, Paxil, Previous Convictions, Robbery, Rock Group, Scala Nightclub, Sorry Man, Stephen White, Tin Pan Alley |
By atracyphd on February 5, 2010
NOTE FROM DR. TRACY (www.drugawareness.org): Although this article at least acknowledges the problem with rebound where the initial problem seems like nothing compared to the withdrawal effects and rebound effects, it does not address the seriousness of withdrawal. What is described here sounds like a piece of cake compared to what so many go through [...]
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Abrupt Withdrawal, antidepressants, Brain Zaps, celexa, dizziness, Dr. Tracy, Effexor, Heartburn, High Blood Pressure, Hostility, Initial Problem, Manic Psychosis, Paxil, Piece Of Cake, Problem Doctors, Rapid Heart Rate, Rebound Effect, Seriousness, Shivers, Withdrawal Effects |
By atracyphd on December 16, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C., the world’s second-biggest
drugmaker, begins a trial in Philadelphia next week in what may be a test case
for more than 600 lawsuits over claims that the company’s antidepressant drug
Paxil causes birth defects.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant Drug, Birth Defect, Bloomberg News, Case Test, Cronin, David Logan, Drug Paxil, Food And Drug Administration, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, Global Settlement, Heart Defects, Inquirer Business, Internal Company Documents, Margaret Cronin Fisk, Paxil, Roger Williams University, Settlement Negotiations, Test Case, Usa Pennsylvania |
By atracyphd on December 16, 2009
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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant, Brain Zaps, Cymbalta, Duloxetine, Effexor, Effexor Withdrawal, Effexor Xr, Escitalopram, Head Brain, insomnia, lexapro, Lexapro Escitalopram, Night Sweats, paroxetine, Paxil, Peoples Pharmacy, Sertraline, Shivers, venlafaxine, Visual Disturbances, Withdrawal Symptoms, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on December 16, 2009
I have a
4-month-old baby. I am going through postpartum depression with a lot of anxiety
and panic attacks. I went through postpartum depression with my first baby eight
years ago but at that time I didn’t have anxiety and I didn’t take any
medication. And I started getting better after 3½ months itself. But now it’s
been three months that I am going through this. I have been taking medications
(Paxil 20 mg, Buspar 10 mg) and getting counseling but it’s not helping much.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged antidepressants, Anxiety And Depression, Anxiety And Panic Attacks, Anxiety Depression, Ashraf, Buspar, Cnn, Dr Charles, Emory University, Expert Answer, Fremont California, Meds, Mental Health Expert, Month Old Baby, Mother Baby, Paxil, Postpartum Depression, Psychiatrist, Sentences, University Medical School, Unwanted Thoughts |
By atracyphd on December 14, 2009
paid almost $1 billion to resolve lawsuits over Paxil since it introduced the
antidepressant in 1993, including about $390 million for suicides or attempted
suicides said to be linked to the drug, according to court records and people
familiar with the cases.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 1 Billion, Antidepresant, Birth Defect, Dr. Tracy, Drug Awareness, Drug Manufacturers, Drugawareness, Glaring Omission, Glaxo, International Coalition, lawsuits, Murder Suicide, Panacea, Paxil, Psychiatrist, Red Flag, Regulatory Filings, School Of Medicine, Suicide Case, Tragic Murder, Tufts University School, Tufts University School Of Medicine |
By atracyphd on November 28, 2009
An overdose of a
prescription drug caused the death last month of a 17-year-old Reading
High School student, the Berks County coroner’s office said
Friday.
Noelle-Cian Rodriguez, a senior, took a lethal dose of an
antidepressant medication and the death was ruled a suicide, Deputy
Coroner Jonn M. Hollenbach said.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant Medication, antidepressants, Autopsy Report, Berks County, Cian, Cold Turkey, County Coroner, Death Note, Deputy Coroner, Dr. Tracy, Hollenbach, Lethal Dose, Lethal Drugs, Neighbor Boy, Paxil, Prescription Drug, Reading Eagle, Reading High School, Reading Hospital, Suicide Attempt |
By admin on November 11, 2009
I went to a Psychiatrist in 1990 because I couldn’t control crying jags at work. I had been sad over a horrible accident that left my 19-year-old son permanently brain injured.
The lady psychiatrist saw me for less than five minutes, announced I was clinically depressed and prescribed Prozac. When I asked, she said it was not habit forming.
I remember feeling almost immediate relief after the first dose (surprising, since she said it would take 3 weeks to take effect). All of the sudden life became wonderful! I sang to myself all day long. I was the life of every party (or so I thought). I began drinking too much and running around like I was on speed. I just had so much fun at everything I did. The world was at my feet and I was setting it on fire! Wow…why didn’t I find these drugs sooner?
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Antidepressant Drugs, Brain, Crimes, Describing People, Five Minutes, Habit, Horrible Accident, Jags, Life Decisions, Local Government, Medications, Minor Stroke, Occurrences, Paxil, Prozac, Psychiatric Drugs, Psychiatrist, Seizure, survivor, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on October 13, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. must pay $2.5 million to settle a
claim that its Paxil antidepressant caused severe heart defects in a
3-year-old Bensalem boy, a Philadelphia common pleas jury ruled
today.
The verdict is the first in 600 cases alleging that
London-based Glaxo knew Paxil caused birth defects and hid those risks to
boost profits.
The drug, approved for U.S. use in 1992, generated about $942
million in sales last year, 2.1 percent of Glaxo’s total
revenue.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged 5 Million, 5m, Birth Defects, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, Heart Defects, Inquirer Staff Writer, Live Births, Medication, Miriam, Paxil, Paxil Antidepressant, Paxil Pregnancy, Philadelphia Common Pleas, Philadelphia Firm, Philadelphia Region, Profits, Regulators, Sheller, Tue Oct |
By atracyphd on October 12, 2009
The
mother of one of the two teenagers who murdered a dozen fellow students and a
teacher in the massacre at Columbine high school has broken a decade of
silence to say that she is unable to look at another child without thinking
about the horror and suffering her son caused.
Susan
Klebold, whose son Dylan and another youth, Eric Harris, hunted down pupils at
the Colorado school with shotguns, a semi-automatic pistol and a rifle before
killing themselves, has described her trauma over her son’s actions.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged antidepressants, Bold Statement, Bowling For Columbine, Classic Case, Columbine, Comedian Phil Hartman, Coroner, Dr. Tracy, Effexor, FDA, Fda Testimony, Fri, Horror, Married Couple, Medication, Michael Moore, Murder Suicide, Paxil, Phil Hartman, Rbd, Recreationally, Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder, School Shootings, SSRIs, Taylors, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on October 8, 2009
GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C., the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, begins a trial in Philadelphia next week in what may be a test case for more than 600 lawsuits over claims that the company’s antidepressant drug Paxil causes birth defects.
Patients and their parents say internal company documents show Glaxo failed to warn consumers about the risks of Paxil until forced to do so in 2005 by the Food and Drug Administration. In the trial set to start Monday, Michelle David blames the drug for causing life-threatening heart defects in her son, Lyam Kilker, now age 3.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant Drug, Birth Defects, Bloomberg News, Cronin, David Logan, Drug Paxil, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, Global Settlement, Heart Defects, Inquirer Business, Internal Company Documents, Margaret Cronin Fisk, Paxil, Paxil Birth Defects, Roger Williams University, Settlement Negotiations, Test Case, Test Cases |
By atracyphd on October 4, 2009
: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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Brain Zaps, Cymbalta, Duloxetine, Effexor, Effexor Withdrawal, Effexor Xr, Escitalopram, Head Brain, lexapro, Lexapro Escitalopram, Night Sweats, paroxetine, Paxil, Peoples Pharmacy, Sertraline, Shivers, Ssri Withdrawal, venlafaxine, Visual Disturbances, Withdrawal Symptoms, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on October 4, 2009
I have a 4-month-old baby. I am
going through postpartum depression with a lot of anxiety and panic attacks. I
went through postpartum depression with my first baby eight years ago but at
that time I didn’t have anxiety and I didn’t take any medication. And I started
getting better after 3½ months itself. But now it’s been three months that I am
going through this. I have been taking medications (Paxil 20 mg, Buspar 10 mg)
and getting counseling but it’s not helping much. I still don’t feel myself and
am having unwanted thoughts. How long does postpartum depression last? Is this
temporary? Will this anxiety and depression ever go away? Should I stop the
medications and try it on my own? Does exercise help to get out of the
depression? Will I ever be normal like I was before?
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anxiety And Depression, Anxiety And Panic Attacks, Anxiety Depression, Ashraf, Buspar, Cnn, Depression Medication, Dr Charles, Emory University, Expert Answer, Fremont California, Medication, Mental Health Expert, Month Old Baby, Paxil, Paxil Medication, Postpartum Depression, Traditional Cultures, University Medical School, Unwanted Thoughts, Vul |
By atracyphd on September 26, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If you take antidepressants such as fluoxetine (marketed as Prozac) early in your pregnancy, you may be doubling the risk that your newborn will be born with a heart defect, according to a new study.
However, the vast majority of children born to women who take such antidepressants – known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – do not have such defects, the researchers are quick to note.
Earlier studies have tied SSRIs during pregnancy to heart defects, but also to even more serious birth defects. According to the new study of nearly half a million children born in Denmark between 1996 and 2003, however, only heart defects are likely to be associated with the antidepressants, note co-author Dr. Lars Henning Pedersen, from Aarhus University, Denmark, and colleagues.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged antidepressants, Birth Defects, Cital, Disability Payments, Dr. Tracy, Drugawareness, Early Pregnancy, Fetus, Fluoxetine, Heart Birth Defects, Heart Defect, Heart Defects, Insurance Rates, Many Mothers, Medical Treatment, Nursing Mothers, Open Heart Surgery, Paxil, Reconstructive Surgeries, Risk, Sertraline, Transposition Of The Great Arteries, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on September 15, 2009
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — An executive of GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, talked about burying negative studies linking its antidepressant drug Paxil to birth defects, according to a company memo introduced at a trial.
“If neg, results can bury,” Glaxo executive Bonnie Rossello wrote in a 1997 memo on what the company would do if forced to conduct animal studies on the drug. The memo was read during opening statements in the trial of a lawsuit brought by the family of a child born with heart defects.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Animal Studies, Antidepressant Drug, Birth Defects, Church Congregation, Company Memo, Cronin, Dr. Tracy, Drug Paxil, Glaxo, GlaxoSmithKline, Glaxosmithkline Plc, Heart Defects, Heart Surgery, Jef, Margaret Cronin Fisk, Opening Statements, Paxil, Philadelphia Trial, Prozac, Rossello |
By atracyphd on September 13, 2009
Baby Indiana lost her life a year ago today due to the fact that her mother took Effexor during her pregnancy and her parents were not warned of the potentially fatal dangers involved. (Please go to one of the sites below to lend support to her family in their battle to raise awareness and also to see what happened to baby Indy.)
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged adverse reactions, antidepressants, Birth Defect, Broncial Tubes, Constriction, Donald Schell, Fda Guidelines, Glaxo, Increase Serotonin Levels, Intestines, Major Organs Of The Body, Murder Suicide, Organ Failure, Organs Of The Body, Paxil, Paxil Birth Defect, prescription drugs, Smooth Muscle Tissue, Suicide Case, Time Ann, War In The Middle East, Year Anniversary |
By retoddb on August 29, 2009
Every month when I went to my doctor, my medication and dosage were changed. There was a point during the ten years that I realized the medication was making me sick, especially when I got lithium toxicity. My body was holding on to all fluid, I was bloated beyond recognition, my pupils were dilated (one more than the other), I started to get panicky and I had constant nausea and severe headaches along with other symptoms which alarmed my husband, and he called my doctor, who told me to stop taking the medication immediately.
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Anti-depressants, Depressive Disorder, Eleven Years, First Few Days, Hallucinations, Hangover, Hearing Voices, Initial Diagnosis, Liver Failure, Major Depressive Disorder, Mood Disorder, Paxil, Post Partum Depression, Serzone, Shudders, Temporary Relief, Third Child, Trazodone, Whoosh, Young Living Essential Oils |
By retoddb on August 29, 2009
My name is Jenny McKinney. I am 26 and a stay-at-home mother of three boys, ages 5, 4, and 1 year. I was diagnosed with clinical depression in August of 1995. I was suicidal and depressed when I was prescribed the anti-depressant, Paxil. My mood swings were already out of control, but worsened after taking [...]
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged anti-depressant, Bathtub, Boys Ages, Clinical Depression, Cold Turkey, Depression And Anxiety, Depression Anxiety, Having Children, Home Mother, Least Three Weeks, Licorice, Meds, Mood Swings, Mother In Law, Paxil, Psychiatrist, St John S Wort, Stay At Home, Sweet One, Time In My Life |
By retoddb on August 11, 2009
My son, Manie, was born with a rare heart defect because I took Paxil during my first three months of pregnancy. Manie had to have a hole ripped into his heart shortly after birth to save his life. At eight days old he had a 12hr. open heart surgery. Manie is 5 yrs old now. [...]
Posted in SSRI Case Reports | Tagged Acid Reflux, Antidepressant, Arteries, Cardiac Cath, Edgington, Eight Days, First Three Months, First Three Months Of Pregnancy, Heart Defect, High Blood Pressure, Leaky Valve, Leg Cramps, Manie, Months Of Pregnancy, Multiple Times, Open Heart Surgery, Paxil, Paxil And Birth Defects, Severe Stomach Cramps, SSRI |
By atracyphd on August 10, 2009
Note from Dr. Tracy: Yet another suicidal vet who first overdosed on his antidepressant and Xanax and then became homicidal enough that he was going to shoot police – often in an attempt to commit what is now called suicide by cop. These drugs produce both suicide and violence as we see once again in [...]
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Antidepressant, Basar, Dr. Tracy, drugs, Iraq War, Paxil, Police Chief, Psychiatric Evaluation, Sentences, Suicide By Cop, Thursday Night, veteran, violence, War Vet, Xanax |
By dadams on August 6, 2009
As the number of “anecdotes” exceeds 1,600—hardly a small number—the association of SSRIs with murder/suicide, often combined, must be taken seriously. The SSRI website was searched to find combined murder/suicide incidents attributed to a specific SSRI. There were three for fluvoxamine, four for citalopram, 10 each for paroxetine and sertraline, and 31 for fluoxetine. Where the studies above substantiated suicide from SSRI use, the total on the SSRI website of 48 simultaneous murder/suicide incidents associated with SSRI use ties together SSRIs and murder. Since there were about two murders per suicide, we may infer that the murder rate on SSRIs could be about 250/100,000. Since no clinical trial involving multiple homicides is ever likely to be run, no firmer evidence is likely to be found. Healy noted that much of the evidence for suicide and murder came from the efforts of journalists and lawyers.
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By atracyphd on August 6, 2009
Defence solicitor Bernie Balmer said Epshtein was on medication for anxiety, bipolar, depression, pain and one to lower her heart rate.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 6, 2009
“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.”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged advertising, Anti-depressants, Antidepressant use, antidepressants, companies, doubles, Drug, Effexor, eli, Glaxo, gloxosmithkline, inhibitors. lamictal, kline, lexapro, Lilly, m.a.o., MAO, mood, Paxil, prescriptions, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, smith, SSRI, U.S., Warnings, wellbutrin, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
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.
Posted in Articles, Prozac Panacea or Pandora | Tagged advertising, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Bouts, Cold Turkey, companies, Critical Piece, dangerous drugs, discontinuation, Drug, Effexor, eli, Glaxo, gloxosmithkline, inhibitors, insomnia, kline, lamictal, lexapro, Lilly, m.a.o., MAO, Medication, Minuscule Amounts, Mountaintop, Overwhelming Fatigue, Paxil, Pills, prescriptions, Psychiatric Ward, Psychotic Break, Rapid Withdrawal, Recovery Period, Reminder, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, smith, SSRI, Ssri Antidepressants, Step At A Time, Term Users, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
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
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, PTSD, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veterans, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veterans, violence, war, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veteran, violence, war, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 4, 2009
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
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, PTSD, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veteran, violence, war, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
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.
Posted in Overview | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, syndrome, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft
By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
Chemically inducing Bipolar Disorder to create a whole new customer base for the new and high priced atypical antipsychotics is not the least bit difficult when you start patients out on stimulant medications, like Ritalin and antidepressants. That is especially true when given to a young patient with yet growing and developing, and therefore more vulnerable, brain!
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged abilify, ADHD, antidepressants, Bipolar, Depakote, Depression, diagnose, disorder, geodon, lamictal, misdiagnose, Paxil, risperdal, seroquel, topamax, zyprexa |
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 atracyphd on August 3, 2009
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’.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
“Stephen Constantine, defending, said: ‘Ms Fergus suffers from depression and this offending was a result of combining drink with her prescribed medication’.”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
“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.”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on July 31, 2009
“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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on July 31, 2009
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.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on July 31, 2009
Coroner: “Shooter was prescribed antidepressants.”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on July 31, 2009
“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).”
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on July 25, 2009
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 & Style. The insider
close to the star said he took a suspected overdose of drugs on
Thursday morning, which caused respiratory and cardiac arrest.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, Demerol, discontinuation, Effexor, Elvis, inhibitors, Killed, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, Michael Jackson, murder, Overdose, Paxil, prescription drugs, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By admin on June 12, 2009
Michael Moore obtained a copy of Dr. Tracy’s book, “Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? – Our Serotonin Nightmare” at the premier of “Bowling for Columbine” 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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, Columbine, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, michael, moore, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on April 20, 2009
Joint statement from the family of a Columbine victim & 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”
Posted in Articles | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By atracyphd on December 2, 2008
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.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By retoddb on November 12, 2008
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.
Posted in Articles | Tagged 85 Year, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, Kills, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Wife, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
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 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 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 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 retoddb on May 1, 2001
Yesterday, in several major newspapers Lilly placed full page ads offering a
coupon for a month of free Prozac. Do you think they warned the consumer in
those ads that these free pills were addictive? Because so few doctors are
aware of this withdrawal and do not know how to withdraw patients from SSRIs,
after the month on the “free” pills the patient would have to continue to
purchase the drug until they could find my tape on how to get off Prozac
safely.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Addiction, Doctors, Drug Use, drugs, FDA, Free Pills, Free Prozac, Lilly, Major Newspapers, Newspapers, Page Ads, Paxil, Prescription Drug, Prozac, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Seroxat, SSRI, SSRIs, Tranquillisers, Valium, World Health Organization |
By retoddb on April 18, 2001
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Bloomberg News) — Glaxo- SmithKline P.L.C. has won the
Food and Drug Administration’s approval to market its antidepressant Paxil
for treating general anxiety disorder, a new use for the drug.
That makes Paxil the first drug in its class to be approved for the
condition, which affects about 10 million Americans and involves excessive,
often debilitating worrying, the company said today.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Anxiety Disorder, Blood Sugar Problems, Dr Ann, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Drug Awareness, Health And Safety, Incompetence, International Coalition, Low Blood Sugar, Low Blood Sugar Hypoglycemia, Many Mothers, Nytimes, Paxil, School Shootings, Seizure Activity, Seizures, SSRIs, suicides, Three Minutes, Workplace Violence |
By retoddb on March 30, 2001
At Harvard, a psychiatrist is studying whether the hallucinogenic cactus
peyote creates any long-term memory or attention problems in the American
Indians who take the drug as part of religious rituals.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged antidepressants, Depression Anxiety, Drug Of Choice, Drugs And Their Effects, Drugs Work, Eli Lilly, Har, LSD, Memory Loss, Mind Control Experimentation, National Institute On Drug Abuse, New Twist, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Paxil, Prozac, Public Ignorance, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Ssri Antidepressants, SSRIs, Target, Warm Welcome |
By admin on December 2, 2000
Judy Coburn, from here in Utah, whose husband killed himself on Paxil, and whose daugther Amy (14) attempted suicide on Paxil and was featured on the cover of US News and World Report earlier this year, will be on Montel show next week. It will air Wednesday at 10:00 AM MST. Check local listings to [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Alex Merkley, broadcasttalk.com, Paxil, SUICIDE |
By admin on August 25, 2000
FYI–Tonight (Friday, 8/25/00) on ABC 20/20 at 10pm eastern time will be another show about the problems with SSRI medication. Please check your TV GUIDE for the time in your area. Mark H I G H L I G H T S Friday. Aug. 25 Dr. Nancy Snyderman examines the possible side effects when discontinuing [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Paxil, Side Effects |
By admin on July 27, 2000
Jurgen and Brenda Viktor will be on the Queen Latifah Show on August 4, 2000. They will be interviewed about their son Jared’s tragic experience on Paxil, an account of which, written by his mother and posted on the www.drugawareness.org site, follows below. You will need to check your local TV guide to find times [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Paxil, Queen Latifah, Viktor |
By retoddb on June 18, 2000
Victims suffering withdrawal symptoms from Paxil are encouraged to contact the attorneys who are currently prosecuting a civil action suit (a wrongful death of a father and his two children) against SmithKline Beecham, the drug’s manufacturer. On August 18, 2000, three California attorneys brought suit against SmithKline Beecham in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleging [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Action Suit, Adverse Effect, California Attorneys, County Superior Court, Death Of A Father, E Mail, Federal Food, Nguyen, Paxil, Paxil Withdrawal, Plaintiffs, Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Superior Court, Skip Murgatroyd, Smithkline Beecham, SSRI, Television Program, Warning Labels, Withdrawal Symptoms, Worldwide Sales |
By admin on June 14, 2000
Thanks to Ian Goddard for forwarding us this information on Paxil and brain atropy. Paxil Causes Brain Atropy This is a major finding: the thalamus in children taking Paxil was observed to shrink after 12 weeks. This is portrayed as a good thing, since the study claims that the thalamus of OCD patients is too [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Brain Atropy, Paxil, Wayne State University School of Medicine |
By retoddb on October 19, 1999
Natalia Victorovna Sevastianenko, a Utah college student from the
former Soviet republic of Belarus, had severe stomach pains. But a
doctor and nurse practitioner thought the discomfort might be a symptom
of depression.
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged anti-depressant, Attempts On Her Life, Dr Ann, Drug Awareness, Drug Paxil, International Coalition, Irrational Thoughts, Medical Staff, Nurse Practitioner, Paxil, Paxil Lawsuit, Pharmaceutical Company, Salt Lake Tribune, Severe Stomach Pains, Shawn Foster, Soviet Republic, Ssri Antidepressants, Symptom Of Depression, Utah College, Well Woman |
By retoddb on September 16, 1999
Thanks to one of our ICFDA Directors for obtaining the following for us: The following message is a transcript of last night’s ABC News with Peter Jennings: a message about the SSRIs. Tonight Peter Jennings will discuss the “side-effects” of the SSRIs. ———————————————————————– Peter Jennings ABC News: September 15, 1999 Peter Jennings: “Just when is [...]
Posted in DrugAwareness.org Newsletters | Tagged Abc News With Peter Jennings, Antidepressant Drugs, antidepressants, Billion Dollars, Deborah Amos, George Washington University, Market Approval, Medical Literature, Mood Swings, Paxil, Peter Jennings, Placebos, Product Labeling, Prozac, S Sales, Serzone, SSRIs, Sugar Pill, Thomas Moore, Zoloft |
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