Below is an image of an Eli Lilly letter which informs doctors in the UK that Prozac is no longer authorized for use in (so-called) premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). For a larger view, please click on the image.
July 15, 2002 Short Drug Tests, Fatal Flaws. Thomas J. Moore. Op Ed. Boston Globe. FYI “We need new laws, a national scientific program, and money to assure that every important drug intended for long-term use receives the same long-term testing as was provided for hormone replacement therapy.” An Op-ed…
New York Times reporter Gina Kolata, broadcasts medical hype on the front page of the paper much the way Judith Miller broadcast hype fed to her by Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraq war lobby.[1]
Govt Prozac study Recommends MANDATORY Screening & Drugs – “Overdosed America”_OpEd NYT Sun, 19 Sep 2004 FDA’s Review of Safety & Efficacy Concerns in Anti-Depressant Use by Children is the subject of a second Congressional hearing by the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight / Investigations on September 23,…
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…
Failed Drug Treatments for Schizophrenia–Letters to the Editor – NYT Fri, 23 Sep 2005 Letters to the NY Times editor (below) demonstrate the combative reaction of stakeholders in the psychotropic drug industry to the evidence-based overthrow of psychiatry’s treatment recommendations. Psychiatrists who have financial contracts with psychotropic drug manfuacturers, have…
Senator Jeff Bingaman resolution: Review military vaccine program Thu, 4 Dec 2003 After months of denial, on Nov. 19, the Pentagon acknowledged that multiple vaccines may have caused the death of Army nurse Rachael Lacy, who died in April after receiving shots for anthrax, smallpox and three other diseases. Critics…
