Major Drug Effectiveness Review Found “Little Evidence” that ADHD drugs are safe or effective Tue, 13 Sep 2005 On paper, drug manufacturers MUST demonstrate with scientific evidence that a drug is safe and effective–if they want to gain to gain FDA approval. The burden of proof is on the manufacturer….
Go Slow on Mental Health Screening: Dr. Karen Effrem responds to New Freedom Commission Chair, Michael Hogan – Wash Times Sun, 31 Oct 2004 A letter to the editor in the Washington Times – Go slow on Mental Health Screening – by AHRP’s newest board member, pediatrician Dr. Karen Effrem,…
The risks of the drugs far outweigh their benefits, said Vera Sharav, president of the Alliance for Human Research Protection, a New York-based consumer advocacy group.
Two actions by the FDA last week demonstrate where the agency’s priority lies—and that priority is NOT to protect public safety, NOT to protect children’s safety. FDA’s priority—as demonstrated by its actions—is approval of new drugs or approval for expanded even dubious uses of patented drugs.
Urge your Senators to VOTE YES for the Child Medication Safety Act (S. 4041, HR 1790) !!!
The New York Times reports (below) that after months of foot dragging, the FDA has finally issued additional warnings on the labels of widely
prescribed psychostimulant drugs–Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta.
The American Society of Health System Pharmacists reports that the FDA "directed all makers of ADHD stimulants in May to strengthen the wording in the "Warnings" section of the labeling "with regard to serious cardiovascular events and psychiatric events."
This is documented evidence of major medical malpractice.
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.
The American Psychiatric Association and child psychiatrists in particular are on a collision course:
A report in The New Scientist, "Prescribing of Hyperactivity Drugs is Out of Control," shows just how deviant U.S. prescribing of psychostimulants for
children is compared to the rest of the world.
Amphetamines work like Cocaine–first and foremost, they are addictive. The psychostimulant drugs prescribed for millions of American children labeled ADHD, are amphetamines and are, therefore, addictive.
