Comments on: Many Ads For Psych Meds Are Unsubstantiated

By: Grieving

Grieving — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:21:37 +0000

The Mothers Bill number is S. 1375 and can be found on thomas.gov. Anyone who can read this billl and contact his or her senator to urge a vote against it may be saving a life. The makers of SSRIs, as all psychotropic drugs, are always looking for new victims. Actually the bill is for post partum women, with grants from the feds to screen them and “refer” them. It reminds me of the infamous program called “Teen Screen” - same goal.

By: harpy

harpy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:18:19 +0000

Ok, I just read the “Mothers Act” and while I’m not comfortable with section (D) on page 13, I don’t see any mechanism for forcing women to take SSRIs.

By: truthman30

truthman30 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:20:54 +0000

Just yesterday I found out that the “Mothers bill” which passed the House and will now go to the Senate HELP Committee, was sponsored by both Clinton and Obama. It is a drug pusher bill to force SSRIs onto pregnant and post partum women. A catastrophe in the making.
What would Dr Sharstein do about the deaths, all the deaths?

Absolutely HORRIFIC ..

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:30:42 +0000

Are there ads that are completely accurate for any med? That would be refreshing and suggest such a drug maker acquired perhaps some honesty.

By: Grieving

Grieving — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:17:36 +0000

I agree with Dr. Sharfstein that the FDA, also referred to as the “tin standard”, and the journals need to do a better job. The problem is they don’t. Even if the FDA gets more money in its budget for the upcoming year, there is no guarantee that it will go for drug safety.

But in addition to pointing out the failings of the FDA and journals, what about the thousands upon thousands of people who have been maimed or killed by psychotropic drugs. From profound hyperglycemia (my son, dead from Zyprexa), to pancreatitis - my friend’s only child, dead from Zyprexa, to all the birth defects from pregnant women taking SSRIs, to all the homicides and suicides, to heart attacks and death from off label atypical use with people with dementia, there is no end to the carnage resulting and increasing.

What would Dr Sharstein do about the deaths, all the deaths?

By: truthman30

truthman30 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:55:48 +0000

Botox..

No.. Bollox..

By: Bruce Grant

Bruce Grant — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:08:46 +0000

Hey, Ed…
FWIW, when I click on the link to the Wyeth response, I get asked for a username and password on the starledger.com server.

By: Justice in Michigan

Justice in Michigan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:35:44 +0000

Botox?

By: truthman30

truthman30 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:47:07 +0000

Wyeths Effexor ..

“Proven to resolve emotional and physical symptoms”

Now there’s pseudoscience if i ever did see it…

No drug can resolve an emotional symptom or an emotional cause of mental distress…

Quite Simply ..

It’s Utter B**lox