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 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:12 am Post subject: Big Pharma Mind-Control Update |
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Rocketing rise of behaviour-controlling drug
The number of Lothians children prescribed with the behaviour-controlling drug Ritalin has risen more than sevenfold in the last seven years, it emerged today. But the dramatic rise was smaller than the ten-fold increase recorded across Scotland as a whole. NHS watchdogs said a review would look into why prescription rates vary among health boards throughout the country. The drug is given to children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A report by the body NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (QIS) said prescribing of the drug, officially known as methylphenidate, rose "notably" between 1996 and 2003, from 69 to 603 prescriptions per 10,000 of the population aged from six to 14. In Lothian, 75 prescriptions per 10,000 children were written in 1996 and, by last year, it had risen to 541. Around one in 20 children in Scotland has ADHD, the key symptoms of which are inattention, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviour.
It is estimated that around half do not grow out of the condition and it carries longer-term risks of other problems including anxiety, depression and suicide.
http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/rise_of_behavior_controlling_drugs.htm?id=1454132004
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Paxil, a best-selling antidepressant for GlaxoSmithKline, is under increased scrutiny.
Drug Maker Withheld Paxil Study Data
ABC News Uncovers Documents Unknown to Regulators and Many Doctors
New documents uncovered by ABC News suggest GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the popular antidepressant Paxil, failed to disclose important information about the possibility of an increased risk of suicidal behavior in some children taking the drug, as well as serious withdrawal symptoms when some patients stop taking Paxil.
The new documents obtained by the ABC News program "Primetime Live" have never before been made public. Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration ordered manufacturers to place a warning in bold print on antidepressants, alerting consumers that the drugs can cause suicidal tendencies in children and teenagers.
The FDA's move raised the issue of how much antidepressant manufacturers knew about this increased risk and when.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=311956&page=1
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Teen says antidepressant made him kill grandparents
He was 12 and taking Zoloft. Put on the drug three weeks before the slayings, and his dose was doubled two days earlier
Joe Pittman's hands shook as he read his son's confession to a roomful of strangers during a Food and Drug Administration hearing in Washington. "I took everything out on my grandparents, who I loved so very much," wrote Christopher Pittman. "When I was lying in my bed that night, I couldn't sleep because my voice in my head kept echoing through my mind, telling me to kill them." Authorities say three years ago, Christopher, then 12, shot his grandparents as they slept in their rural home because they had scolded him for fighting on the school bus.
Joe Pittman thinks his son killed because his sense of right and wrong was clouded by Zoloft, an antidepressant medication. He spoke out against the drug in a hearing earlier this year. The boy, who had threatened suicide, was put on the drug three weeks before the slayings, and his dose was doubled two days earlier.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/10448843.htm?1c
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Family blames boy's crimes on medication
Drug maker Pfizer denies Zoloft causes violent actions
Joe Pittman thinks his son killed because his sense of right and wrong was clouded by the antidepressant Zoloft.
Joe Pittman's hands shook as he read his son's confession to a roomful of strangers during a Food and Drug Administration hearing in Washington. "I took everything out on my grandparents, who I loved so very much," wrote then-12-year-old Christopher Pittman. "When I was lying in my bed that night, I couldn't sleep because my voice in my head kept echoing through my mind, telling me to kill them." Authorities say Christopher shot his grandparents as they slept in their rural home three years ago because they had scolded him for fighting on the school bus.
Christopher, who turns 16 in April, is being prosecuted as an adult and faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted at his trial, set to start next month. His lawyers argue that his case should be moved to Family Court, where if convicted, he could only be kept in custody until he turns 21.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2953051
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FDA admits that antidepressant drugs double risk of suicides, violent behavior in children
Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration next week are expected to recommend tougher warning labels or other restrictions on antidepressants linked to suicidal behavior in children. A re-analysis of studies, released last month, confirmed that those on antidepressants may be nearly twice as likely to become suicidal as kids given sugar pills, and some drugs appear to raise the risk much more than others.
June 2003: FDA advises doctors not to prescribe Paxil for kids under 18 because of possible rise in suicide risk.
August 2003: Wyeth tells doctors that studies show hostility and thoughts of suicide increase in children 6 to 17 taking Effexor and Effexor XR.
October 2003: FDA sends a "Dear Dr." letter saying studies can't rule out increased suicidal thinking and attempts in children on the antidepressants, urges caution in prescribing.
December 2003: British drug regulators advise doctors to use none of the antidepressants except for Prozac with children, saying it's the only one whose benefits outweigh risks.
http://www.newstarget.com/002916.html
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Push it to the kids
Mandatory testing and medication for childhood mental illnesses if the federal government gets their way
In its rush to pass an omnibus federal budget, the U.S. Congress recently approved measures to possibly promote the involuntary screening and consequent medication of students for suspected mental illnesses. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate, conjoins with two Bush administration pet projects: the president’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and No Child Left Behind. In a telephone interview, lobbyist Michael Ostrolenk, M.A., explained that the Mental Health Commission’s recommendations for universal and mandatory mental illness screening remain just that: recommendations. Individual states remain free to decide how or if they would implement them. Ostrolenk cites the example of the state of Illinois, which attempted to force screening protocols on all pregnant women and public school children. Public outcry forced that state to retreat. Nevertheless, President Bush and the Senate requested $44 million toward block grants to states to support universal and mandatory measures, although the House cut the allocation down to $20 million. Several observers believe that the Republicans have caved into economic pressures, and accuse pharmaceutical companies of using their influence to receive favors from all levels of government responsible for mental health care. In July 7 of this year the Philadelphia Daily News reported that a government psychiatrist had filed a public interest lawsuit “charging major pharmaceutical companies, state officials and state contractors with public corruption, and fraud violations of civil and criminal law,” alleging that the drug firms had essentially dictated the diagnostic criteria that state officials used for mental illnesses, skewing them in such a manner as to favor conditions that require psychotropic medication rather than counseling or psychotherapy.
The article went on to cite similar lawsuits in several other states, as well as the firing of the original Pennslyvania whistleblower.
http://www.boiseweekly.com/more.php?id=5085_0_1_0_M
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Fortunately, the people I know are already privy to this info...we all know this stuff and are actively teaching against it..
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