Emergency Alert (March 12, 2008) - politics about Mothers and Babies

[Guest guest]

Dear Ones;

For some reason (yes I could say why) the antidepressant discussionas

are a big concern to me. So I'll post a little more and share another

site http://health.uniteforlife/messages

where those who care to follow the efforts of a few brave women in

educating the public can join and read or more easily take the

political side of action. From Ayurvedic side, we have such valuable

tools for both prevention and reversal of the problems.

 

Dr. Bhate, you said some time ago you were following this thread with

Dr. Tracey and others. Would you be so kind as to comment your

Ayurvedic expertise around use of these meds, from a vaidya's

perspective, if you see this note.?

 

The MOTHERS ACT is a bill before the Senate that could be passed at

any time, already passed by the House, which sets up a nation-wide

screening and education campaign to encourage the use of

antidepressant drugs and other psychiatric drugs to pregnant and new

moms. This is a blatant Big Pharma marketing effort that will expose

mothers and babies to dangerous and unproven medications – completely

paid for by you the taxpayer! These drugs have recently been shown to

be ineffective at treating almost any kind of depression. These

medications will cross the placenta in pregnant women and accumulate

in the breast milk of nursing mothers – conducting a cruel experiment

on the youngest and most vulnerable members in our society. This

atrocity must be stopped.

 

http://www.uniteforlife.org/ is one of several sites giving good

voice. There you can see further discussion including this warning:

WARNING: DO NOT DISCONTINUE ANY ANTIDEPRESSANT OR OTHER PSYCHIATRIC

DRUG ABRUPTLY OR TAPER TOO QUICKLY. DOING SO PUTS YOU AT GREATER RISK

OF COMMITTING SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE DURING A SLEEPWALK STATE, OR OF

BECOMING PSYCHOTIC, AMONG OTHER RISKS. CLICK HERE TO READ HOW TO TAPER

SAFELY.

http://www.drugawareness.org/ICFDAwarning.html

 

Send a letter to your Senator.

http://www.wellnessresources.com/health_freedom.php

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-dangerous-and-invasive-mothers-act

 

 

Peace;

Ysha