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SCIENCE
Popular Antidepressant Is 'Ineffective And Unsafe' For Young People, Researchers Say
By Nick Visser
An early trial of the drug seems to have downplayed its scariest side effects.
COMEDY
SNL's Solution For Obama's Second Term Blues
By Ross Luippold
WELLNESS
No Quick Fix to Fighting Depression Comes Without Long-Term Side Effects
By Stuart H. Garber, D.C., Ph.D., Contributor
President, California Homeopathic Medical Society
Many of the symptoms that patients complain about are the side effects caused by the drug that they were incorrectly prescribed in the first place. I want to stress the need that patients must ask questions and be educated.
WELLNESS
Jury Awards $1.5 Million in Suicide Malpractice Suit
By Peter R. Breggin M.D., Contributor
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called “The Conscience of Psych...
A Syracuse, N.Y. jury has awarded a $1.5 million medical malpractice verdict to the family of a man who committed suicide. I was the medical expert for the family.
FIFTY
Low Dose Paroxetine (LDMP) for Hot Flashes
By Mache Seibel, MD, Contributor
Founder www.MenopauseBreakthroughActionPlan.com/webinar; Edito...
A new study gives hope for a new non-hormonal treatment for hot flashes with lower dosages and less side effects.
FIFTY
Low Libido? The Reason May Be In Your Medicine Chest
By Ann Brenoff
BUSINESS
A Drug-Maker's Ethical 'Mistakes'
By Dana Radcliffe, Contributor
Day Family Senior Lecturer of Business Ethics, Johnson at Corn...
Pharmaceutical giant Glaxo made profits in ways that manipulated the choices of doctors and sometimes resulted in patients' being subjected to significant risks without their informed consent.
WELLNESS
Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children
By Peter R. Breggin M.D., Contributor
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called “The Conscience of Psych...
The health professions would do far more good stopping the drugging of children than continuing or increasing it. Ethical professionals need to work toward removing children from psychiatric drugs.
WELLNESS
Drug Company GlaxoSmithKline Puts American Values to Shame
By Peter R. Breggin M.D., Contributor
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called “The Conscience of Psych...
The capacity of government and its citizens to sue entities such as pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline for fraudulent practices is a necessary part of the checks and balances needed to restrain personal and corporate greed.
WELLNESS
$3 Billion in Fines for Illegal Marketing of Paxil, Wellbutrin and Other Drugs
By Peter R. Breggin M.D., Contributor
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called “The Conscience of Psych...
Although it is encouraging to see the legal system to some degree catching up with drug company malfeasance, there are a number of problems with the criminal and civil cases brought by the Department of Justice against drug companies.
WELLNESS
Judge's Opinion on Prozac-Induced Murder Now Available Online
By Peter R. Breggin M.D., Contributor
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called “The Conscience of Psych...
Many tragic acts of suicide and violence could be averted by reducing or stopping the use of anti-depressant drugs, and by greater professional and public awareness of the dangers associated with these drug.
WELLNESS
Understanding the Placebo Effect
By Eliezer Sobel, Contributor
Author, musician, retreat leader.
My first foray into the nebulous world of antidepressants was in 1985 when I was put on Sinequan. It gave me severe cotton mouth, didn't do much for my mood.
POLITICS
Dying In Their Sleep: The Invisible Plague Attacking U.S. Soldiers
By Cilla McCain, Contributor
Author
I came to know many military family members from the support group Home of the Brave. The group's goal is to help one another gain information and justice in the noncombat related deaths of their loved ones.
WELLNESS
Medication Can Help The Severely Depressed
By Robert David Jaffee, Contributor
Novelist, journalist, mental-health activist
The more depressed someone was, the more likely they were to benefit from taking anti-depressants. The studies showed that this was true, whether or not the patients took Paxil.
POLITICS
The FDA Wants to Stop You from Protecting Yourself Against Drug Companies
By Dr. Peter Breggin, Contributor
reform psychiatrist
Suing a drug company is your only way as an individual to protect yourself against malfeasance. It should be a right under the law, but the FDA and the drug companies are on the verge of taking it away.
POLITICS
From FDA to GSK: The Dangerous Partnership between Government and Big Pharma
By Dr. Peter Breggin, Contributor
reform psychiatrist
The FDA is not so much a watchdog agency as an active member of the psychopharmaceutical complex working on behalf on the drug industry.