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FDA Strengthens Warnings on ADHD psychostimulant Drug Risks_NYT |
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
The New York Times reports (below) that after months of foot dragging, the FDA has finally issued additional warnings on the labels of widely prescribed psychostimulant drugs--Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta. |
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ADHD-Adderall Label Warnings Added Re: Cardiovascular, Psychosis |
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Sunday, 30 July 2006 |
The American Society of Health System Pharmacists reports that the FDA "directed all makers of ADHD stimulants in May to strengthen the wording in the "Warnings" section of the labeling "with regard to serious cardiovascular events and psychiatric events." |
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Child Born with Severe Heart Birth Defects--Paxil Lawsuit Filed |
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Friday, 28 July 2006 |
The law firm of Baum Hedlund filed a lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the antidepressant, Paxil, for causing severe heart defects in the newborn son, of a woman prescribed Paxil during her pregnancy. |
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Russian Suicide Rate Falling__PetionOnline Stop TeenScreen |
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Thursday, 06 July 2006 |
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Agence France Presse reports that suicide rates in Russia have decreased. Not surprisingly the highest suicide rate in Russia is in Siberia. |
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Drug-induced Diabetes "One More Burden for the Mentally Ill" |
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
A front page report in The New York Times describes a psychotropic drug-induced catastrophe that has befallen patients who obeyed their psychiatrists, and swallowed the antipsychotic drugs prescribed by psychiatrists who insisted the drugs were for the patients own good. |
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