Antibiotic Ketek Trial in Children
One day following a rport in The New York Times, Sanifo-Aventis, manufacturer of Ketek, suspended the trial in children. The FDA has not announced any action.
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FDA sanctioned Exploitation: Viagra Tested in Children
The following confirms to us that the U.S. government (specifically, in this case, the FDA) and licensed academic and/or commercial laboratories that test drugs in human subjects have descended into a moral abyss.
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FDA officials conspired with Merck to defame Truth Teller–NEJM credibility ?
Two documented news reports provide evidence validating our charge that FDA officials and drug manufacturers.
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Informed Consent: You Have the Right to Know
Informed Consent: The Subject’s Right to Know Here’s what you should ask before you decide to give your informed consent to research. A 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), “To Err is Human,” brought to light the magnitude of preventable deaths resulting from medical errors The IOM report…
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$29 Million Donations Tie Drug Firms and Nonprofits_Philadelphia Inquirer
An investigative report in The Philadelphia Inquirer examined pharmaceutical company ties to six, tax exempt organziations that identify themselves as “patient advocacy” groups, "Each a leading advocate for patients in a disease area.”
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Director Yale Psychiatric Institute concedes “I don’t think drugs can prevent full-blown psychosis”_
Our criticism of a high risk, speculative drug experiment conducted on healthy children and adolescents at Yale University’s Psychiatric Institute was validated by a federal investigation: and our criticism is now validated by the principle investigator, Dr. Thomas McGlashan.
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Health Canada Warns Heart Patients to AVOID ADHD Drugs
Health Canada has taken constructive step to warn people with high blood pressure, heart disease and other medical ailments NOT to take psychostimulant drugs–which are essentially amphetamines.
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ADHD drugs send thousands to hospital ERs
The American Psychiatric Association and child psychiatrists in particular are on a collision course:
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Trial Analyst Finds Embarassing Inconsistencies in NIMH Flawed Safety Study
GSK’s acknowledgement refutes the recent claims made in the official organ of the American Psychiatric Association, The American Journal of Psychiatry.
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Shame on TIME Magazine–College Suicide Story is a Big Pharma Infomercial
A feature article in the current issue of TIME Magazine, “When Colleges Go On Suicide Watch” is a blatant example of an “infomercial” that extends pharmaceutical compay advertising pages into the news pages in TIME magazine.
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Bitter Pill: NEJM Waited 5 Years to Report Missing Data from published Vioxx Study_WSJ
A documented report by David Armstrong of The Wall Street Journal (below) shatters the last glimmer of illusion about The New England Journal of Medicine as a bastion of scientific and moral integrity.
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Mentally Unfit Troops Forced to Battle in Iraq on Antidepressants_Hartford Courant
An investigative report in The Hartford Courant will undoubtedly lead to a Congressional investigation.
The report reveals that mentally unstable soldiers are being deployed to the Iraq front in violation of federal law.