Complaint about a surge of FDA administrative approvals for expanded use of highly toxic antipsychotic drugs for children. Approvals were determined by Dr. Thomas Laughren after secret deliberations–without disclosure of scientific data, without an advisory panel or open public discussion.
Dr. Karen Effrem refutes Dr Friedman who claims there is "a silent epidemic of mental illness among teenagers."
Minnesota is the first of a handful of states to pass a law requiring drug manufacturers to disclose payments to doctors.
The re-prioritization of rapid approvals occurred at the expense of drug safety standards,
“Catastrophic side effects may be rare, but they become predictable when we treat so many children with so many drugs.”
These illegal practices are the secret behind this toxic drug–Zyprexa– becoming a blockbuster seller.
BBC-Panorama–third in a series: The Secrets of Seroxat. "In the interests of patients and professional integrity" is to show those who have sold their reputations "intolerance and exposure."
Documents uncovered during the course of litigation shed light on real risks of drug-induced harm that would not otherwise be known.
Readers of the New England Journal of Medicine should be forewarned: The information in the pages of the NEJM is tainted by industry influence, its professional and scientific integrity are tainted.
The lead story in The New York Times on Thanksgiving day (below) acknowledged several facts demonstrating that children are the victims of major medical malpractice:
An eye opening article by Jeanne Lenzer, “NIH Secrets,” in The New Republic (below), should make the new Congress sit up and take notice!
