Risks: Drugs / Vaccines / Trials / Treatment

Evidence of antidepressant harm

Oct 14, 2005: Andrew Finkelstein Letter to Dr. Russell Katz, Director, Neuropharmacological Drug Products, FDA about FDA's Failure to Warn about Neurontin-Suicides
Aug 29: FDA Response to Utah Court Must Be Truthful Re: Zoloft / SSRI Suicidal Risks
Jul 21: Two Court Rulings Reject Pfizer-FDA Preemption Claim in Zoloft "failure to warn"
Jul 20: FDA Public Health Advisory: SSRI-Suicide link in adults
Jun 19: Traci Johnson driven to suicide by anti-depressants? Trade secret
May 18: SSRI Defects: Infants Suffer Drug Withdrawal / Adults risk GI bleeding
Mar 25: Petition FDA to Investigate if SSRI Induced School Shootings
Feb 10: Zoloft Warnings to Canadian Doctors - FDA Caves In to Lobbying
Jan 27: Eli Lilly Prozac Documents: What do They Reveal?
Jan 4: Prozac Suicide Risk - CNN Posts long concealed Eli Lilly Internal Documents

Nov 29 2004: Contracts Keep Drug Research Findings Concealed
Oct 15: FDA Orders Black Box Warnings on Antidepressants labels & Patient Info Guides to Warn of Suicide risk
Oct 4: Op Ed: Psychiatry on the Ropes--WP / Evidence-based Psychiatry
Oct 3: BBC PANORAMA TONIGHT - Taken on Trust - 13 years-Medical Deception
Sep 22: Will Cong Oversight / Investigations Committee Ask FDA Tough Questions?
Sep 21: 18% decrease SSRI use in Youth - NYT / Suicide Risk Not New - Globe / Prozac no different
Sep 19: Govt Prozac study Recommends MANDATORY Screening & Drugs - "Overdosed America"_OpEd NYT
Sep 16: Black Box Warnings for Antidepressants - What's Next?
Sep 16: Tell the Truth About Antidepressants On Drug Labels & in Medical Journals
Sep 14: AHRP Press Briefing Re: Antidepressant Drug Risks
Sep 8:
FDA Forced Wyeth to REMOVE Suicide Warning from Effexor Label
Sep 2:
Antipsychotic Drug Use Doubled since 1996 in Tennessee Children - Why?
Aug 10:
Prozac in Drinking Water / Prozac in Streams Hurt Frogs fish / Newborns suffer Withdrawal
Aug 5:
Spitzer Expands drug Probe: Johnson & Johnson / New FDA analysis Confirms SSRI Risks to Kids - WSJ
Aug 4: FDA Approves Lilly's Cymbalta for Depression Despite Risk of Suicide
Aug 3:
Drug safety Hearings-Sept-Congress/ FDA - Lilly Plans to Disclose Data
Jul 26:
Mosholder Suppressed Report Posted/ Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits - NYT
Jul 26: Pfizer Lawsuits: Zoloft / Neurontin Concealed Evidence: Suicide Risk/ Lack of Efficacy
Jul 24: Janssen Admits Hiding Risperdal Risks / TMAP & Illinois Mental Health Screening
Jul 22: Concealed Drug Trial Results Mislead Doctors & Put Children's Lives at Risk - NYT
Jul 19: Clinical Trials Controversy Spotlights Flawed System - Psychiatric News
Jul 16: Congressional Hearing: What did drug companies & FDA hide?
Jul 9:
Paxil for Children: Safety, Efficacy Aren't Established - Letter WSJ
Jul 7: Cong Hearing Re: Disclosure Pediatric SSRI Trials
Jun 29, 2004: FDA Alert: Effexor warnings added for neonatal adverse effects and suicidality risk
Jun 21: Antidepressants - USA Today Editorial / AHRP OpEd/ WSJ Editorial Bashes Spitzer
Jun 23: AHRP: Published NIMH Funded Prozac Trial Report Concealed Suicide Attempts by Teens
Jun 14: Guardian Reports: MHRA to Issue New SSRI Restrictions / Warnings for Adult Use
Jun 10: Antidepressant drug induced Suicides: Evidence of "Iceberg effect" Revealed
Jun 7, 2004:
Paxil induced suicides in US quantified - Glaxo Faces criminal action in UK over "suicide" pills - Times
Jun 6, 2004:
Graham Aldred's Analysis of Prozac/Paxil/Zoloft use in US, 1988-2002 (156 K pdf)
Jun 6, 2004:
NY Times Editorial Gets it Right: When Drug Companies Hide Data
Jun 3:
Spitzer's Lawsuit Will Shake Up the Drug Industry - Full Disclosure is the Goal
Jun 2, 2004:
NYS Attorney General files suit against GlaxoSmithKline
May 26 2004: Australian Judge blames Paxil & Effexor: mom free of murder attempt
May 25 2004: FDA role in suppressing damaging data - WSJ
May 212004:
No evidence that screening for suicide reduces suicide
May 19, 2004: Bristol Myers Squibb Takes Serzone off the market on June 14 - AP
May 17, 2004: US Paxil Suicide Calculations 1993 - 2002 - Graham Aldred
May 13, 2004: Prescriptions for antidepressant declined 10%
May 10, 2004: "The scariest thing is that nobody knows" risks of depression drugs for children
Apr 22, 2004: What's in a Warning? Antidepressants and Risk of Suicide - FindLaw
Apr 16, 2004: Expert FDA Report: SSRI Suicide risk -SF Chronicle/NYT/NJ Ledger/AP
Apr 10, 2004: Meta-Analysis: Efficacy & Safety of Antidepressants for Children - BMJ
Mar 22, 2004:
FDA Asks Antidepressant drug companies to add Cautions on labels
Feb 25, 2004:
Member of UK Parliament Accuses Drugs Giant of 'Voodoo Medicine' - Scotsman
Feb 13, 2004: Lilly duloxetine drug trial--19 Quit after a suicide - Philadelphia Inquirer
Feb 12, 2004: 20% volunteers drop out after suicide in Eli Lilly's duloxetine trial
Feb 11, 2004:
Update: 19 year old volunteer suicided in Eili Lilly laboratory
Feb 10, 2004: Healthy 19 year old volunteer suicides at Eli Lilly laboratory
Feb 6, 2004: Prescription for Suicide? TIME MAGAZINE
Feb 4, 2004: Advisory Committee tells FDA: strengthen warnings on SSRI drug labels now
Feb 2, 2004: Scientists Present Evidence at AHRP Press Briefing
Jan 10, 2004: What Parents Aren't Being told about their Kids Antidepressants - A Suicide Side-Effect? - SF Chronicle
Jan 9, 2004: Zolft pediatric study in JAMA challenged by peers - JAMA letters
Dec 19, 2003: UK doctors told: No Prozac for kids; No Prozac for PMDD
Dec 18, 2003: National Assoc School Psychologists Communiqué Re: Paxil, SSRIs
Dec 13, 2003: ABCNEWS.com: Worried About Antidepressants? E-Mail Us
Dec 8, 2003: Glaxo chief: "Our drugs do not work on most patients"
Nov 20, 2003: Analysis of paroxetine Yellow Card adverse drug reaction reports (Seroxat/Paxil)
Nov 14, 2003: Frontline: Dangerous Prescription
Nov 11, 2003: Medication switched for research purposes - patient nearly dies
Oct 29, 2003: FDA reviews depression drugs--Intense or Cautious? WashPost/ NYT/ Herald
Oct 1, 2003: Lead author of JAMA article rethinks positive Zoloft report - Guardian
Sept 21, 2003: UK issues ban on second SSRI antidepressant for children
Sept 2, 2003: Wyeth Pharma Warns Doctors Against Rx Effexor to Kids
Aug 22, 2003: NIMH-Harvard study: 74% children prescribed SSRI suffer adverse effects
Aug 14, 2003: SSRI Risks: New Data or Renewed Scrutiny? - David Healy, MD
Aug 7, 2003: Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression's Wonder Drugs - NYT
Aug 6, 2003: Can a Popular Antidepressant Cause Teenage Suicide? Boston Globe
June 20, 2003: David Healy, MD, Ph.D. ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND SUICIDE. Briefing Paper.
June 20, 2003: David Healy, MD, Ph.D. SSRI-WITHDRAWAL/DEPENDENCE. Briefing Paper
June 19, 2003: GlascoSmithKline PAXIL Warning letter to Healthcare Professionals
June 19, 2003: FDA Statement Regarding Anti-Depressant Paxil for Children
June 18, 2003: GlaxoSmithKline issued letter to UK Healthcare Professionals - Paroxetine (Seroxat, Paxil) linked to serious undesirable effects in children.
June 10, 2003: UK Health Dept/ British Prime Minister/ Issue Statement Warning No PAXIl for children!
June 27, 2003: Toxicologist Blames Prozac for Wife's Suicide - UK
May 21, 2003: BBC Panorama: Unprecedented public response to SSRI drug harm
October 11, 2002: Seroxat (known as Paxil in the USA) is the subject of a major BBC-TV documentary
September 16, 2002: 800 people hooked on Paxil Sue in UK
August 22, 2002: Three Questionable FDA policies: drug factory inspection rules/ clinical trials/ Paxil ads
August, 2002: Clinical Psychiatric News. Analysis of Psych Drug Trials, 1985-2000, Reveals High Suicide risk.
1998. The Next Generation Medical Guinea Pigs--Our Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil Babies by Dr. Ann Blake Tracy, Director, International Coalition for Drug Awareness
1999--April 2002. David Healy, MD, PhD. Director Correspondence with Medicines Control Agency (UK)

Other Risks

Apr 15: In the UK & Canada, but NOT the US Eli Lilly Warns about Zyprexa Lethal Side Effect

Apr 12: Zyprexa - Risperdal - Abilify - Clozaril Kill Elderly

Apr 8: Pfizer Statements RE: Bextra, Celebrex, Neurontin Lies

Apr 6: UK Parliament Report Re: Pharma Influence / US Regulators Comatose as 258 Fatal Suicides Linked to Neurontin

Mar 30: AHRP Ethical and Scientific Objections to FDA's Proposed Licensure of Anthrax Vaccine

Mar 23: Antipsychotic drugs may be bad for your heart/ Clozaril and Zyprexa

Feb 10, 2005: Canadian Regulators Withdraw ADD Drug Linked to 20 Sudden Deaths

Dec 13, 2004: Officials at NIH Knew of AIDS Drug Risks and Failed to Inform White House

Oct 12, 2004: How Did the Vioxx Debacle Happen? USA Today / Lancet

Jul 15, 2004: Cong. Hinchey calls for ouster of FDA Counsel - Sen. Bingaman & Reed tell FDA: disclose all trial info

July 9, 2004: FDA Squelches an Article Raising Doubts on Safety Of Device to Repair Artery - WSJ

July 2, 2004: Bayer drops legal action against Friends of the Earth re: Concealed pesticide data

May 18, 2004: Citizens Petition to Warn About Neurontin Suicide Risk (posted April, 2005)

May 8, 2004: Comprehensive scientific review concluded: All pesticides pose serious health risks to humans--especially children

Apr 26, 2004: Recycled drugs: failed antidepressants-- Stratera marketed for ADHD; Cymbalta for incontinence

Dec 4, 2003: Senator Jeff Bingaman resolution: Review military vaccine program

Nov 19, 2003: Soldier's Death Tied to Vaccines / Experimental Ebola vaccine attracts no volunteers

Nov 5, 2003: FDA Advisor: "Ignore breast implant vote"

Nov 3, 2003: Safety of Smallpox Vaccine among Military Recipients Questioned_JAMA

Sept 23, 2003: The DES Legacy - WashPost

Aug 21, 2003: CBS News: Smallpox vaccine fiasco

Aug 9, 2003: Soldier vaccinated with anthrax / smallpox died shortly from pneumonia

July 19, 2003: EPA Opens the Door to Testing Bug Killers on People: Spoon-Feeding Poison - VillageVoice

July 14, 2003: British Medical Journal critized for promoting drug cocktail ignoring risks

June 25, 2003: AIDS vaccine Worse Than Useless? - ISS

June 24, 2003: "Anthrax vaccine a deadly defense?" --NW Indiana Times

June 22, 2003: FDA Accepts Adverse Drug Reaction Reports from Consumers

May 28, 2003: Hormone Replacement Raises Dementia Risk in Women_NYT

May 22, 2003: Bayer Documents: Tainted Blood Killed Thousands of Hemophiliacs

May 21, 2003: Oral arguments in Anthrax vaccine lawsuit

May 20, 2003: Leading Antipsychotic Drugs Come Under New Scrutiny - NYT

May 8, 2003: New Fears Re: Smallpox Vaccine

April 11, 2003: Risperdal Linked to Stroke; Zyprexa linked to Diabetes

March 29, 2003: Smallpox vaccine: Experts Urge Caution, Administration Pushes Hard

March 29, 2003: Anthrax Vaccine Consent Form / Should You Roll Up Your Sleeves_WSJ

March 25, 2003: Vaccinated Doctors Could Hurt Patients_JAMA

March 1, 2003: Bayer/ Baycol on Trial in Texas_- NYT

February 26, 2003: U.S. Contracts for Safer Smallpox Vaccine_Reuters

February 23, 2003: Internal Documents: Bayer Knew of Baycol Dangers _NYT

January 17, 2003: 18 Deaths Linked to Serzone - Removed from European market, not US

December 5, 2002: Japan Links 81 Deaths to new Lung Cancer Drug

December 5, 2002: Smallpox Vaccine Reactions Jolt Experts - WashPost

November 2002: Public Comments Re: Smallpox Vaccine Trial on 2 to 5 Year Old Children

November 27, 2002: US Gov Asks Court to Seal Vaccine Records

November 18, 2002: Critical GAO Report Belies Safety of Anthrax Vaccine - Insight

November 15, 2002: Homeland Security Bill - Pharma Immunity - WP

October 23, 2002: GAO Report critical of anthrax vaccine

October 10, 2002: Smallpox Vaccine: Doctor Lists 18 Points You Should Consider - Redflags weekly

October 8, 2002: Last Journey of Artificial Heart Recipient - NYT

October 7, 2002: Drug Test Loopholes

October 4, 2002: Serious Adverse Reaction in Gene Therapy- France & US Halt Trials

October 2, 2002: Ecstasy- Long-lasting brain damage and may trigger Parkinson's - BBC

September 28, 2002: Smallpox Vaccine to be tested in children - why hasn't CDC released their vaccine data?

September 5, 2002: Do the Ends Justify the Means in Human Research?

July 26, 2002: Cancer Trials: 60% to 70% of subjects are children

July 26, 2002: 2,610 Infants died of preventable hospital-acquired infections

July 23, 2002: Unhealthy Hospitals - 103,000 preventable deaths in 2000

July 18, 2002: Anthrax Vaccine Not Safe and Effective - Emergency Medicine News

July 12, 2002: July 12, 2002: Babies Exposed to Toxic Vaccines

July 12, 2002: Scientifically unsupportable treatments: Hormone replacement therapy and anti-depression drugs

July 12, 2002: Duke Warning: Zyprexa-Diabetes Link

July 14, 2000: New FDA Warning about fatal risk linked to Mellaril after 40 years

January, 2000: Evidence of Neuroleptic Drug-Induced Brain Damage in Patients: A partial, Annotated Bibliography by Vera Hassner Sharav