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Sort by relevance 373 pages found matching paxil- DSM Billing Bible - Big Pharma Best Seller
Dec-27-06 Washington, DC One-hundred percent of the experts involved in writing diagnostic criteria for mood disorders and schizophrenia for the, "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM)," have undisclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical companies whose drugs are used to treat those conditions. The April 2006 study in the journal, Psycho... - Drug Makers Trolling for Infants and Toddlers
Dec-21-06 The motive behind Big Pharma's promotion of the off-label prescribing of psychotropic drugs is market expansion and unfortunately, it just so happens that children provide the richest harvest because most kids are covered by health insurance plans or Medicaid. The various recruitment schemes include trolling for customers among infants and toddlers betwee... - Paxil was thought to be Safe
Dec-18-06 Kentucky " The doctors told us it was a miracle that our son is alive," said Stephen Buchanan. Kaden was born in May 2004 but Stephen only recently found out about the link between his son's heart defects and Paxil. "My wife took Paxil for the first few months of her pregnancy - the doctor told her it was safe," Stephen said. "Up until our son Kaden w... - Big Pharma Braces for Democrat Hurricane
Dec-17-06 Washington, DC The morning after the mid-term elections, shares of drug company stock fell as Americans handed control of Congress back to the Democrats. Shares of Eli Lilly were down 1% in early trading, shares of Pfizer as much as 3%, and Schering-Plough dropped 3.7%. Over all, since the election, major drug stocks have dropped more than 5%, according... - Paxil Blamed for Broken Heart
Dec-13-06 Edmonton, AB Tanya took Paxil during the first three months of her pregnancy, in 2002. "My baby has a broken heart and I blame the makers of Paxil," she says. Her son, Douglas, is almost four years old and he will likely need a heart valve replaced. It has been a difficult time, but it could have been worse: Tanya weaned herself off Paxil even though... - Why are SSRIs Still Prescribed?
Dec-9-06 Up to twenty percent of women have clinical depression during their lives and for many, depression does not improve during pregnancy . Pregnant women whose depression is not adequately treated may make decisions that can harm the baby such as not eating well or using alcohol, or continuing to take SSRIs - a group of antidepressants that include Paxil... - 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... - Mental Illness Epidemic Hits US
Dec-7-06 Washington, DC: In the run-up to the December 13, 2006, meeting of the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, to review the suicidality data from adult SSRI studies, a host of newly identified disorders have been popping up in the media, all treatable with SSRIs. The committee is expected to vote on whether the association between the sel... - Five Children Born with Severe Heart Defects after Moms take Paxil
Dec-6-06 The law firm of Baum Hedlund has filed five more Paxil heart birth defect cases today against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Pennsylvania State Court. The firm filed the first Paxil PPHN case and two other Paxil heart defect cases, including the Adrian Vasquez case, recently featured on CNN. The families allege that the mothers' ingestion o... - FDA Advisory Committee Schedules Hearing on SSRIs and Suicide
Dec-5-06 Washington DC: The FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing on December 13, 2006, to review the adult selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) studies on the increased risk of suicide associated with the antidepressants. The panel is expected to vote on whether the risk of suicidality in adults should be inclu... - Glaxo Writing Checks Left and Right to Settle Paxil Legal Battles
Dec-3-06 Madison County, IL: GlaxoSmithKline is no doubt looking forward to the New Year because the end of this one is becoming costlier by the month. On November 1, 2006, the Associated Press reported that Glaxo had agreed to pay $63.8 million to settle a class action lawsuit with allegations that Glaxo promoted Paxil for use with children and adolescents wh... - Biggest Off-Label Drug Marketing Scheme in History - Part II
Dec-1-06 [ Read Part I ] Washington DC: In fairness to off-label prescribing doctors, until recently, studies that showed SSRIs were ineffective and dangerous when used by children were kept hidden and thus, the data made available to physicians painted a rosy, but false, picture of success with SSRIs. And up until recently, many doctors were not even awar... - Biggest Off-Label Drug Marketing Scheme in US History - Part I
Nov-30-06 Washington, DC: The promotion and sale of two classes of psychiatric drugs, the atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants (SSRIs), will go down in history as the most successful off-label marketing scheme of all time. But unfortunately, before the illegal scheme takes its rightful place in the law books, a lot m... - Zoloft likely Caused Baby's Death
Nov-30-06 Atlanta, GA "In 2003 I was pregnant with Sarah and was concerned about taking Zoloft," says Mindy Schildroth, "but my doctor said that recent studies indicated I was better off taking the drug than going through withdrawal. Three years later, I am still grieving her death." Sarah Elizabeth Schildroth 9/24/03 - 11/28/03 Mindy's daughter passed away w... - SSRI Warning to Pregnant Women
Nov-22-06 Up to 20 percent of women have clinical depression at some time during their lives, and in many women, depression does not improve during pregnancy. Most commonly prescribed antidepressants are known as Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). In May 2005, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh estimated in the Journal of American Medica... - 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... - FDA's Preemption Gift to Big Pharma
Nov-20-06 Washington, DC: An item sure to end up on the chopping block with the Democrats back in power, is the Bush administration's multi-billion dollar gift to Big Pharma, that bars people who have been injured by drugs approved by the FDA from suing the drug's maker in state courts. Under the FDA's federal preemption position, victims injured by dangerous dru... - 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,... - More Adverse Effects linked to SSRI Celexa
Nov-14-06 Avalon, NJ: According to testimony at an inquest into the deaths of Roxanne Richardson, 30, and her children, Luke, 3, and Grace, 20 months, an autopsy revealed that at the time of their murders, husband and father-turned-killer, Michael Richardson, had Celexa in his system higher than prescribed which may have caused him to become agitated and irritable... - Unscientific Depression Screenings and Front Groups Boost SSRI Sales
Nov-10-06 USA: Prior to the arrival of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants (SSRIs) on the market, depression was estimated to affect only 100 people per million. And those 100 people per million sought help from a medical professional trained in psychiatry and the treatment of depression. Since the introduction of SSRIs, rates for dep...