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Antidepressants & Suicide-Related Risks: 9/14/04 AHRP Press Briefing

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AHRP Press Statement – FDA & SSRI Suicide Risk 9/14/04

ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) www.ahrp.org ***PRESS STATEMENT*** Re: The FDA & Concealment of Suicide-Related Risks of Antidepressants Date: September 14, 2004 Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav, President   We are witnessing the unraveling of a system that was intended to ensure that marketed drugs met high safety standards; that…

Press Statement – FDA & Concealment of Suicide-Related Risks of Antidepressants

We are witnessing the unraveling of a system that was intended to ensure that marketed drugs met high safety standards; that physicians were informed about potential, serious adverse drug effects – so that they would prescribe judiciously; and that the integrity of the scientific literature was preserved. But that system has been hijacked by the drug industry – which has infected medical practice and medical research with detail men and informercials that make false claims while manipulating partial data to conceal adverse drug effects.

AHRP Press Briefing: Antidepressants and Suicide-Related Risks for Children


Scientists’ Presentations at AHRP Press Briefing in Conjunction with FDA Hearings:

  • Peter Mansfield, MD, University of Adelaide (Australia), Director of Healthy Skepticism discussed the illusion of potency in light of the meta-analyses in the British Medical Journal (which he co-authored) and the Lancet.
    Dr. Mansfield’s power point presentation
  • Peter Breggin, MD, a psychiatrist with a sub-specialty in clinical psychopharmacology, who was among the first to recognize adverse antidepressant drug reactions
    Dr. Breggin’s presentation
  • Lawrence Diller, MD, a pediatrician and family therapist who has evaluated and treated more than 2,500 children
    Dr. Diller’s presentation
  • Stefan Kruszewski, MD, a clinical and academic psychiatrist, and Associate Medical Director of Physicians’ Health Programs, Pennsylvania Medical Society
    Dr. Kruszewski’s presentation
  • David Healy, MD, Director of the North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine and Visiting Professor, University of Toronto,

FDA’s Waiting Game Exposes Children to Preventable Risks – 9/04 AHRP Comments to FDA

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