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America's children are being victimized by public
servants who abuse their authority: children's physical and emotional health is
under stress.
The Rutherford Institute
reports about a kindergartner who was suspended by Virginia school officials for crying
in class.
Yesterday, we reported that a Detroit mother was thrown
in jail for exercising her parental judgment aabout her daughter's best
interest.
Instead of blindly following the instructions of Detroit
child protective agents who threatened her with loss of custody unless she
gives her daughter the antipsychotic, Risperdal, Maryanne Godboldo was
protecting her daughter's health by weaning her off a very dangerous antipsychotic
drug.
Press reports did not mention Risperdal' list of
multiple, harmful severe adverse effects that have been documented in clinical
trials and post-marketing reports to the FDA. Children are particularly at
risk.
Among Risperdal's
severe adverse effects affecting children and adolescents in
particular, is an increase in prolactin
level. The side effects include:
abnormal breast development and milk secretion (in boys and girls),
sexual dysfunction, and bone density loss.
The Janssen / J & J Risperdal label states that 49%
of children with autistic disorder who ingested Risperdal for only 8 weeks had
elevated prolactin levels (compared to 2% on placebo). And 82%-87% of
adolescents who ingested Risperdal had increased prolactin levels compared to 3%=7%
of those on placebo.
The label acknowledges that: "Increass were
dose-dependent and generally greater in females than in males.
See, Risperdal (January, 2011) label warnings
What do these cases reveal about the lack of judgment by
those we put in positions of authority over America's children?
Vera Hassner Sharav
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