Deaths, A Consequence of Forced Psychotropic Drugs
"Whatever powers the Constitution has granted our government, involuntary mind control is not one of them, absent extraordinary circumstances." 1979, Judge Joseph L. Tauro
Rolling Stone – Marketing a Phony “Miracle” Drug
“Bitter Pill” by Ben Wallace-Wells in the current issue of Rolling Stone is an excellent, informative, in-depth article providing an overview into the pharmaceutical industry’s immensely successful—albeit illegal—aggressive marketing tactics, for selling a particularly unsafe, dangerous class of drugs—the antipsychotics, Zyprexa in particular.
Marcia Angell: Drug Co & Doctors: A Story of Corruption
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." Marcia Angell, MD
Grassley Probes COI at American Psychiatric Association
Sen. Grassley is peeling away psychiatry’s layers of deception about the efficacy and safety of its treatments: "I have come to understand that money from the pharmaceutical industry can shape the practices of nonprofit organizations that purport to be independent in their viewpoints and actions."
Letter of Complaint to FDA Commissioner, 2007
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.
A Response to Dr. Richard Friedman’s Defense of TeenScreen
Dr. Karen Effrem refutes Dr Friedman who claims there is "a silent epidemic of mental illness among teenagers."
US Organ Harvesting in “Not Yet Dead” patients
Are you aware that if you are in an accident in the U.S. your organs may be surgically removed without your consent?
FDA Set to Approve Antibiotic for Cattle That Poses Catastrophic Threat_WashPost
Overshadowing all other health related news, a front page report in The Washington Post and the just released Breckenridge report evaluating FDA's abysmal performance on drug safety, http://ahrp.blogspot.com/2007/03/latest-report-blasts-fda-bungling-drug.html require Congressional action.
AACAP President Disingenuous RE: Psychiatric Drugs that Killed 4-year old
This young child represents millions of children in the United States who are falling prey to licensed, but irresponsible prescribers of toxic drugs.
Counter-Detailing Anti-drug Reps Coming to Educate Doctors
The question is can these visits overcome industry's propaganda delivered under the guise of continuing medical education (CME) courses which physicians must take?
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.
4-year old Rebecca Riley,a Casualty of Psychiatric “Treatment”_BostonGlobe_NYT
“To me one of the miracle of children’s brains is that we don’t see more harm from these treatments.”