Editorial: Patients Deserve Facts Re: Antipsychotic Drug
A forceful editorial by the St. Petersburg Times cuts through the Bull: "There is altogether too much secrecy in court cases that implicate public health."
U of Toronto Endowment: Alternative Care Research by Mental Patients
A new century has bred a group of young educated people openly supporting each other in a bid to consolidate their strengths:
Ex-FDA Chief Said Agency has Diminished Credibility on Drug Safety
Drug safety is a public issue–and the FDA has been shown to be asleep at the helm as tens of thousands have died that could have lived had they and their physicians known the safety hazards of prescribed drugs.
Fake Drug, Fake Illness_People Believe it
Direct to consumer drug advertisements are so successful, they can convince people they're sick and need the advertised drug–
Dangerous Deception: Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects_NEJM
FDA's slip-shod approval of defective, harmful drugs, accompanied by rubber stampped endorsements by compromised FDA advisory committees may be reaching a boiling point.
The FDA and Drug Safety: A Proposal for Sweeping Changes
A Special Article By Curt D. Furberg, MD, PhD; Arthur A. Levin, MPH; Peter A. Gross, MD; Robyn S. Shapiro, JD; Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH
Tylenol Linked to Liver Woes-AP / Counterpunch
Overreliance on toxic drugs is killing healthy people. And the FDA has done next to nothing to prevent drug-induced harm.