Marketing Trumps Safety: the case of Antipsychotics
"The story’s pretty clear, and pretty embarrassing for the profession of psychiatry, which has allowed itself to be led by marketing," says Dr. Robert Rosenheck, Yale.
USA Today: Conflicts of interest bedevil psychiatric drug research
Psychiatry’s leadership is scrambling and fumbling in its effort to explain why it’s collusion with industry for pay is okay.
Antidepressants-Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
Inexplicably, the FDA has dragged its feet about adding a warning label to both tamoxefin and the antidepressants, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft–despitethe unanimous recommendation of its own advisory panel in 2006.
Rx for Antipsychotc Drugs for Children Begin To Decelerate_WSJ
This is a result of public awareness–thanks to information uncovered during litigation, by Sen. Charles Grassley’s investigative team, by whistleblowers, and the press!
Army Doctor Accused of Research Fraud Takes Leave From University
Given the serious charges against Dr. Kuklo–including fraud, forgery, and conducting an unapproved experiment on soldiers–the University of Washington’s failure to take action until a series of articles in The New York Times and pressure brought to bear by Sen. Charles Grassley, speaks volumes about a pervasive culture of arrogance in academia.
Alaska Supreme Court Grants Mental Patients Constitutional Rights
Two news reports: Alaska Supreme Court decision and a JAMA report confirms that risk of violence among schizophrenia patients "was mostly confined to patients with substance abuse comorbidity."
Japan Revises SSRI Warnings–Hostility, Violence
The Japanes Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has investigated news reports about antidepressant users "who developed increased feelings of hostility or anxiety, and have even committed sudden acts of violence against others."
Children Vaccinated Against Flu–> 3X Risk of Hospitalization
Evidence of harm has been linked to various vaccines challenging prevailing public recommendations.
Army Report Finds Walter Reed Doctor Falsified Data
Colonel Coots: "It is a significant breach of academic protocol. It’s a breach of trust."
Systematic Review: Faulty Clinical Trial Analyses Favor new toxic drugs
Two important analyses in Open Medicine , a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal, focus on methodological flaws in data analysis of randomized drug trials.
Dartmouth Psychiatrist Facing Dept. of Justice Charges
"William Weeks, MD a professor of psychiatry and community and family medicine is facing federal conflict of interest charges" involving contract between the Veterans Affairs department and Dartmouth.
Texas Psychiatrist Karen Wagner Under Scrutiny
Sen. Charles Grassley’s focused investigation is clearly aimed at cleansing fraudulent, industry-crafted promotional pieces that have made a mockery of evidence-based clinical practice in psychiatry.