More than a year ago, the FDA required makers of antidepressants to supply Med Guides along with their pills. But the info hasn’t always been distributed when prescriptions are filled.

The FDA plans a hearing next month to examine the problem, but a couple of New Jersey moms are pushing their state legislature to pass a bill that would go even further - legislation requiring a doctor or nurse to obtain informed consent from a minor’s parent before writing a prescription for any psychotropic that already carries a Black Box warning.

And so a hearing will be held Thursday morning at 10 am EST by the state’s Assembly Consumer Affairs committee in Trenton, which is big pharma’s home turf. The legislation is likely to be opposed by doctors and drugmakers. Expect to see lobbyists buzzing about. The moms who will be testifying is Lisa Van Syckel, a self-styled activist, who last week testified before Congress about drug safety, and a registered nurse, Laurie Yorke.

Here’s the bill.[tags]Informed Consent, Lisa Van Syckel, Psychotropics[/tags]