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Feb-2-07 San Jose, CA The on-going legal battle over the disclosure of secret Eli Lilly documents that reveal the serious health risks associated with Zyprexa and the company's off-label promotion of the drug involves a matter of grave public concern. But observers on the sidelines of this courtroom circus say the conduct of the judge in helping Lilly keep d... - Daniel Troy - Godfather of Big Pharma Protection Racket
Dec-27-06 Washington, DC: In hindsight, its now more than apparent that Daniel Troy, who fought against stricter prescription drug laws in private practice, was appointed Chief Counsel at the FDA for one reason, to serve as Godfather in setting up a protection racket for Big Pharma. On August 20, 2001, when President Bush made him Chief Counsel, Mr Troy became th... - Weighing Benefits of SSRIs Against Suicide Risk
Dec-8-06 Washington, DC: Before the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee begins the discussion at the December 13, 2006, public hearing on the suicide risks associated with selective serotonin inhibitor antidepressants , it should get honest with the audience and openly admit that the SSRIs do not even work. Medical professionals maintain that in... - Ending FDA's Love Affair With Big Pharma
Nov-22-06 Washington, DC: With the Democrats back in power, critics say officials at the FDA and representatives of Big Pharma had better plan on spending much of their time testifying on Capital Hill in Congressional hearings in 2007. Democrats have spelled out their plans to change how the administration chooses experts to sit on FDA advisory panels and put a... - Paxil: A Fatal Link to Coronary Birth Defects
Nov-17-06 Todd, NC When Bonnie was concerned about staying on Paxil she was told not to worry as it was classified as Category B. Tragically, her son died from heart birth defects ; five years later she discovered that Paxil is now Category D. (In December 2005, the FDA asked Glaxo Smith Kline, the manufacturer of Paxil, to change the pregnancy category to D,... - FDA and Big Pharma Gang Up On Joe Citizen
Nov-6-06 Washington, DC: The botched safety processes at the FDA have had an extremely negative impact on the nation's public health and tens of thousands of people have died as a result of its negligent handling of the Vioxx debacle alone. Americans today can no more trust what's in their medicine cabinets than could the pioneers in the 1800s who filled their m... - Paxil Category Warning too late for my Baby
Aug-3-06 "This is what I want to say to GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers of Paxil: How can you let money come before people's lives and well-being and have no conscience?" In 2001, 22-year-old Nancy Jones went to a mental health clinic to seek treatment for anxiety and depression and was prescribed Paxil. Unfortunately, Jones didn't know that she was three mont... - Lawsuits - Only Weapon Available Against Giant Big Pharma Pushers
Jul-11-06 Over the past several years, new studies have shown the new generation of psychiatric drugs to be not only extremely dangerous but also ineffective, and the majority of these medications in fact now carry black box warnings about a number of life-threatening side effects associated with their use. The drugs include selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor... - Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal and Zyprexa For Off-Label Use
Jun-17-06 According to Kelly O'Meara, author of the newly released book, Psyched Out, America has a drug problem. "It's not as covert as those illicit and illegal "Just Say No" drugs," she says, "but, rather, Americans have become drug users by way of being diagnosed as suffering from one or a number of alleged mental disorders." "Sharing one's feelings with a doc... - Poisoning In the Womb - SSRIs
Feb-9-06 New research has linked the use of SSRIs during pregnancy to a complication in newborns of a rare but life-threatening lung problem, according to this month's New England Journal of Medicine. Infants born to women who took the drugs in the second half of their pregnancy, had 6 times the risk of developing the disorder, the researchers reported. Only a cou... - Drug Marketing Scheme Hits Nation's School System
Jan-26-06 TeenScreen, the elaborate drug marketing scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry and a front group operating out of Columbia University, is being promoted by the Bush administration's recommendation to screen the nation's school population for mental illness. The Bush appointed New Freedoms Commission on Mental Health issued a report in July 2003...