International Coalition for Drug Awareness
Educating about the dangers of Antidepressant Medications
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…
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….
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…
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 failed to present a manageable trial plan.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lilly faces another Prozac lawsuit
Tennessee widow says husband hanged himself 13 days after drug was prescribed.