How drug lobbyists influence doctors
"Lobbyists influence how the government spends your money, but financially conflicted physicians can threaten your well-being."
NYT Editorial Stimulant Warning
It is no longer possible not to notice the lack of medical justification for current psychotropic drug prescribing practices.
ADHD Drug Risks: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Problems
"This is out-of-control use of drugs that have profound cardiovascular consequences. We have got a potential public health crisis. I think patients and families need to be made aware of these concerns."
Safety of Newborn infants Threatened by Rx antidepressants during pregnancy
"During a hastily called press conference yesterday,” the FDA announced that it is considering ADDITIONAL warnings on the labels of SSRI drugs—Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, et al.
Which is it—51 or 186 deaths linked to ADHD drugs?
Children have been dying from exposure to psychostimulant drugs as the FDA looked the other way:
Israeli Study: One in 3 infants Suffer SSRI Withdrawal
It is astonishing how untrustworthy loosely given advice about the safety of SSRI antidepressants by medical professionals and academic institutions.
Weighing the Benefits & Risks of SSRI Antidepressants for Youth
Parents, physicians and the public attempting to make sense of the controversy about antidepressants are torn between unproven claims and counter-claims about the drugs’ benefits and risks.
Another Study Shows: Antipsychotic Trials Biased Towards Sponsor’s Drug
An independent review by a team of German analysts published in the American Journal of Psychiatry confirms that corporate bias is ubiquitous in clinical trials.
Polypharm & New Antipsychotics Not More Beneficial-Just More Expensive
"modern pharmacological treatment may be no more beneficial than older ones, despite their added cost."
Drug Safety Issues-IOM Panel Blasts FDA Advisory Committee Process
IOM committee members were highly critical of FDA’s advisory panels that regularly “recommend” approval without analyzing the safety data.
Fight Was All About Scientific Integrity_Jonathan Fishbein
“Science has become so severely politicized that one has to be skeptical of nearly every research result that is reported.”
Meta-analysis: Methods, strengths, weaknesses, and political uses
A critical examination of meta-analysis studies by John H. Noble, Jr, Ph.D, AHRP Treasurer