"Daily use of SSRIs was also associated with a four per cent reduction in bone mineral density of the hip and 2.4 per cent of the lower spine, the study found." Continue reading →
Risks
Potent Narcotic ‘Lollipop’ Becomes Best Seller_WSJ
Off-label prescribing of drugs for unapproved uses puts consumers at high risk of harm–but it is the single most lucrative marketing strategy. Continue reading →
UK Chanel 4 Investigates: The Drug Trial That Went Wrong_Critique NEJM Editorial
“The Drug Trial That Went Wrong” is an investigative report by Chanel 4 (UK) about the circumstances surrounding the near fatal drug trial testing the safety of TGN1412, a monoclonal antibody drug, conducted in March 2006 at London’s Northwick Park Hospital. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/5377226.stm It airs momorrow. Continue reading →
On the Toxicity of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer-the Need for Vigilance
A study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that advanced chemotherapy put patients at far greater
risks of harm than adverse effect reports from clinical trial data reveal.
British Rethinking Rules After Ill-Fated Drug Trial_NYT
A front page report in The New York Times provides additonal information about the catastrophic TGN1412 medical experiment in which 6 previously healthy volunteers were intravenously injected with monoclonal antibody in a highly risky procedure.
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London Drug Trial Catastrophe: Collapse of Science and Ethics
The independent Institute of Science in Society (ISIS) challenges the report issued by the UK government medicines oversight agency, MHRA (equivalent to US FDA), absolving itself and those involved from any responsibility for a catastrophic human experiment that nearly killed six healthy volunteers.
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MHRA Releases Selective Documents–Where is Informed Consent Document?
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released an interim report about the near fatal clinical trial of the monoclonal antibody, TGN1412, stating:
Disasterous Drug Trial_FDA New Rules Ensure More Disasters to Follow
Unless Congress acts to overrule the FDA, research disasters such as occurred in London, when six healthy men were exposed to an experimental substance that brought them close to death, are likely to occur with increased frequency. Continue reading →
Guinea Pig Gang: Meet U.S. Students Who Rent Their Bodies for Cash
A series of news reports may be a rude awakening to the fact that there are hidden, potentially lethal hazards of participating in clinical trials—and those hazards are concealed from the human guinea pigs who are enticed with promise of easy money. Continue reading →
Six Healthy Volunteers in Phase I Drug Trial-Critically Ill_UK
The Phase I trial–the first in humans–was set up by US drug research company Parexel International Corp on behalf of German pharmaceutical company TeGenero.
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Mercury Crimes at CDC
"It’s time for the CDC to come clean with the American public. Its tactics of deception and obfuscation are jeopardizing the credibility of the entire vaccine program, and therefore posing an enormous danger to public health." Robert Kennedy, Jr. See letter to FDA Commissioner.
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FDA Approval process under fire–PML: Lethal side-effect–Tysabri: Multiple Sclerosis Drug
“When Anita Louise Smith enrolled in an experimental drug trial in 2002 in Colorado, she had a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis but no symptoms and was looking to reduce the chances of being ravaged by the disease. Last year, she died at the age of 46 from an infection linked to the drug.”