Eli Lilly’s new Prozac Fact Sheet (image below) sent to UK physicians–but not to US physicians–states that Prozac is NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN for any indication. For a larger view, please click on the image.
British Government Issues New Warnings Re: Use of antidepressant drugs for children Tue, 23 Sep 2003 related link: U.K. Government Document – New SSRI Warnings for Children In light of evidence from previously unexamined data from controlled clinical trials, the British Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM), an arm of…
THE ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) Tel. 212-595-8974 142 West End Ave Suite 28P FAX: 212-595-9086 New York, NY 10023 www.ahrp.org December 5, 2002 Mr. Edward Swindell Acting Associate General Counsel for Ethics Office of General Counsel, Ethics Division Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave. SW…
Evidence of Antidepressant Harm that the FDA Sought to Suppress from FDA’s Public Advisory Committee Meeting on February 2 Evidence was presented on February 2 at AHRP’s press briefing by the following scientists: David Healy, MD, Director of the North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine and Visiting Professor, University of…
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 2005 pp. 111-124 Screening for Mental Illness: The Merger of Eugenics and the Drug Industry Vera Hassner Sharav, MLS New York, NY The implementation by the President’s New Freedom Commission (NFC) to screen the entire United States population – children…
Subject: Mental Health System called “Snake Pit”_Editorial WJN Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:06:57 -0400 A Sept 15 report by the National Council on Disability found that mental health services are in crisis nationally: “many public mental-health systems are stuck in neutral gear, content that people with psychiatric disabilities will…
Experimentation on Newborns: Is it Ethical? News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav May 13, 2002 FYI The Wall Street Journal reported: "One outrage now before a court has stunned even bioethicists who thought they’d seen it all. In 1985, University of Wisconsin (UW) researchers…
