SSRIs, serotonin, psychedelics, ayurveda and newborns

[Guest guest]

Quite a combination. It seems to me that the SSRI's must aggravate

both vata as well as often, pitta, based upon my watching the reports

of symptoms (side effects). This article called to my attention

today at www.drugawareness.org from which I receive their newsletters

(free). I believe it to be of interest to all -

 

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:50:16 EDT

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SSRI in Newborns Leads to Anxiety, Depression, Emotional

Problems Later

 

Several of you contacted me today to let me know that the following

study had once again shown that what I have been saying for 15 years

about SSRIs is exactly right. One piece at a time they continue to

prove every point I made in my book that first came out over a decade

ago. Had they listened then so many would still be with us who have

since lost their lives to these deadly drugs.

 

I just spoke with a clinician tonight who told me that when they run

one of the tests they generally give in their clinic these drugs

always show up as LSD. Of course that should surprise no one who has

read my book either.

 

Let's look at what we learned today about the dangers of these drugs

being given to pregnant women and young children:

 

"The team found that rodents who received drug as newborns were more

intimidated by new surroundings and moved more slowly to avoid

painful shocks compared to controls. "They are more inhibited in

novel situations," says Gingrich. "Extrapolating to people, we'd say

the mice are showing symptoms of anxiety and depression or emotional

problems."

 

"But more recent research has suggested these medications may cause

subtle neurological changes in the developing fetus.

 

"Two years ago, for example, Oberlander and his colleagues reported

that babies exposed to SSRIs in the womb were less sensitive to pain.

And earlier in 2004, other researchers reported that SSRI-exposed

infants had altered sleep patterns and a higher incidence of tremors."

 

When you understand the science behind the drugs none of this is a

surprise and all of it should be expected to be the result, not just

in a fetus or newborn, but in any living creature. We have known all

of this about serotonin for over 50 years. And the first thing we

learned about the effects of SSRIs on babies exposed to the drugs

this way is that they suffered hypoglycemia - a condition that can

produce all of the symptoms mentioned above.

 

But to see the following statement made by the lead researcher in

this study really was upsetting:

 

"But it is a little bit alarming to find they might carry risks that

aren't apparent until later in life."

 

Why anyone would say such a thing when everyone knows that you have

no idea what long term effects there will be on a developing brain

until that brain is fully developed. The SSRIs were introduced the

end of 1987 so we will not know the effects upon these children

until about the year 2012. Obviously by then it will be too late.

 

So, why were these studies not done to determine long term effects

BEFORE these drugs were introduced? Hopefully for all of you who have

been getting this e-newsletter for a while now will know the answer

to that question: They do not test these drugs for anything like that

until they are forced to do so. Testing is done to gain market

approval and that is all. In other words, anyone who takes them is a

guinea pig.

 

Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.,

Executive Director, International Coalition For Drug Awareness

Author: Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin Nightmare

& audio tape on safe withdrawal: "Help! I Can't Get

Off My Antidepressant!"

 

Order Number: 800-280-0730

Website: www.drugawareness.org

 

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996579

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