Canadian Study: SSRI Increase Bone Fracture Risk
"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."
Showdown Looms in Congress Over Drug Advertising on TV
The FDA is salivating in expectation of increased funding from the drug industry–ostensibly to speed up the reviewing process for TV ads.
Role of Litigation in Defining Drug Risks_JAMA / BMJ
Documents uncovered during the course of litigation shed light on real risks of drug-induced harm that would not otherwise be known.
Are Lipid lowering (Statins) Guidelines Evidence-Based? Lancet
The authors argue that recommendations for the expanded use of statins to stave off cardiovascular disease are NOT supported by the evidence.
Pfizer CEO Urges Staff to Mobilize & Lobby Congress Against Drug Price Controls
To gain insight into how a pharmaceutical giant is revving up itsr troops to lobby Congress against the legislation. See Pfizer CEO’s directive to the entire staff exhorting them to mobilize and lobby Congress to vote against drug price controls. http://www.pfizerfactfiction.com/mma/flash.html
Legal Brief on Behalf of AHRP Re: Lilly-Zyprexa Documents
AHRP legal brief: "The Injunction is not in the public interest, as any injunction must be. The important data in the Lilly- Zyprexa Documents and the long history of cover-ups by “Big Pharma” make this clear."
Lilly -Zyprexa Casualties-$1.2 Billion Settlements-More Casualties_NYT_WSJ
Eli Lilly's latest Zyprexa settlement will not affect civil or criminal investigations pending over Zyprexa from state attorneys general and federal prosecutors, which are continuing.
NEJM- Caught Covering Up for National Kidney Foundation–an indudstry front group
Readers of the New England Journal of Medicine should be forewarned: The information in the pages of the NEJM is tainted by industry influence, its professional and scientific integrity are tainted.
YouTube Videos RE: Antidepressants
The video, "Zyprexa Drug Rep," was posted on YouTube on Dec. 18. When AHRP publicized its (Jan 4) there were something on the order of 38 hits. Since the Infomail was posted on the AHRP website and blog (http://ahrp.blogspot.com the number has reached: 1,429.
Zyprexa Sales Rep on YouTube: A Video You Must See
Spread the word! See and pass along: "Zyprexa Sales Rep" posted on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj0LZZzrcrs
Public Testimonies at FDA-SSRI-Suicidality Hearings, Dec. 13, 2006
Only if one assumes that the FDA sees the drug industry as its client can some sense be made of December 13th meeting of the FDA’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee in Silver Springs, Maryland.
Blood substitute`a disaster’ in trial Northfield still plans toseek FDA approval
American medicine is fast descending into lethal medicine thanks to FDA officials who lend the government seal of approval to drugs and experiments that kill.