31 Prescription Drugs Linked to 387 Homicides
"Prescription Drugs Associated with Reports of Violence Towards Others, " identifies 31 drugs linked to 1,527 acts of violence…
Americans Hostage to Profit-Driven Healthcare System
America’s profit-driven medical paradigm overdiagnoses illness and garners profits from unnecessary treatment.
Serotonin Syndrome: A Mix of Medicines That Can Be Lethal
“Catastrophic side effects may be rare, but they become predictable when we treat so many children with so many drugs.”
Activists Take on Eli Lilly Over Off-Label Marketing & Harm Caused by Zyprexa
The deceptive marketing of antipsychotic drugs has prompted new advocacy group to launch "The Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs Campaign." Its goal is to get one million people to stop and reevaluate the medications they are taking.
AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising
AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising Wed, 02 Nov 2005 FDA is holding public hearings (Nov 1, 2) Re:Â Direct-to-Consumer Promotion of Medical Products at: National Transportation Safety Board Boardroom and Conference Center 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 2 Time: 9:00 –5:00….
The FDA and Drug Safety: A Proposal for Sweeping Changes
A Special Article By Curt D. Furberg, MD, PhD; Arthur A. Levin, MPH; Peter A. Gross, MD; Robyn S. Shapiro, JD; Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH
Prescription for Disaster–Shift to Medicare leaves Patients Stranded
In what appears to be a re-run of the Katrina rescue disaster–The New York Times front page report provides yet another example of mindless and heartless shot gun public polices that are being tested on a vulnerable population of citizens:
References: Impact of FDA inclusion of children as test subjects
References for THE IMPACT OF THE FDA MODERNIZATION ACT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR RESEARCH Vera Hassner Sharav Published in ETHICAL HUMAN SCIENCES & SERVICES Summer 2003, vol. 5 pp. 83-108 Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. (1999). Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Summary, evidence Report / Technology assessment…
18 Deaths Linked to drug – Serzone Removed from European market, not US
18 Deaths Linked to drug – Serzone Removed from European market, not US Fri, 17 Jan 2003 Bloomberg News reported that the antidepressant, Serzone had been linked to 25 cases of liver damage and 18 deaths. On Jan 8, 2003 European authorities removed the drug from the European market. On…
InfoMail for April 12, 2002
AHRP InfoMail Return to Home Page Return to InfoMail Media Coverage List MediaCoverage News Stories on Human ResearchProtection andCommentary by Vera Hassner Sharav April 12, 2002 If Placebo Works Without Risk,Side-Effects or Cost — Why Prescribe Anti-Depressant Drugs? FYI As we reported in yesterday’s Infomail, a major governmentfunded study found…