Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 (And now Big Pharma and Bush & Co. want to screen the entire population for " mental illness " and put larger amounts of people on these same drugs or worse ones.) > SSRI-Research > Wed, 8 Sep 2004 05:13:29 -0700 (PDT) > [sSRI-Research] Paxil Suicide Stunner - aug > 1, 2004 > > Children and psychiatric drugs > > The pressure is still on the psychiatric industry > regarding their use of > addictive, destructive drugs being given to > children. The cold, callous > intention to push their drugs into the child market > is one of the low points > of modern biological psychiatry. Consider this > recent report: > > http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28392.htm > > August 1, 2004 -- EXCLUSIVE > > The manufacturer of controversial antidepressant > Paxil found in its own > trials that children on the drug went though hellish > ordeals of " out of > control " behavior, suicide threats, hallucinations > and hospitalization, > records show. > Those reports, obtained by The Post, are among 400 > case studies of " adverse > events " that led a scientist for the Food and Drug > Administration to > conclude that most antidepressants raise the risk of > suicide in children. > > At least 110 American kids have killed themselves > while taking > antidepressants during the past decade, new FDA data > says. > > With U.S. doctors continuing to prescribe Paxil and > other antidepressants to > millions of kids, the FDA is now considering whether > to issue stronger > warnings or advise against their use, as Great > Britain has done. > > The Post reviewed a sampling of reports of children > who suffered horrific > events during Paxil clinical trials from 1994 to > 2001. One internal document > lists 23 children and teens as making suicide > attempts. > > The kids swallowed handfuls of pills such as > Tylenol, " self-mutilated, " or > did other " self-damaging acts, " it states. > > Other examples of alarming behavior outlined in the > documents include: > * A 10-year-old boy taking Paxil for two weeks > " became violent and out of > control with aggressive and agitated behavior toward > himself. " He ran away > from home and was put on suicide and escape watch in > a children's > psychiatric ward; > > * An 11-year-old girl on Paxil for two weeks was > hospitalized after telling > her mom " she wanted to hang herself from the ceiling > fan. " > * An 11-year-old boy " held a knife to his wrist and > threatened to harm > himself " two days after stopping Paxil. > > * A 14-year-boy on Paxil for two weeks became > enraged, punched pictures, > broke glass and suffered deep cuts. After his anger > eased, " He expressed > hopelessness and possible suicide thoughts. " > > In some cases, investigators working for Paxil > manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline > said the behavior was " possibly related " to taking > Paxil; in others, they > blamed the children's depression, mental disorder or > family problems. > > In recent weeks, GSK has begun posting on its Web > site some previously > unpublished studies after state Attorney General > Eliot Spitzer accused the > company of fraud for withholding reports of kids who > became violent or > suicidal. But many documents remain privy only to > GSK or under seal in > lawsuits, sources said. > > The FDA has now asked a group of Columbia University > doctors to review the > reports to determine whether antidepressants may > have triggered the suicide > attempts and other dangerous behavior in children. > > Earlier this year, a scientist in the FDA's own > Office of Drug Safety, Dr. > Andrew Mosholder, found that kids on antidepressants > became suicidal twice > as often as kids on sugar pills. > > But FDA brass reacted coolly to his bombshell > opinion. The agency forbade > Dr. Mosholder to present his findings at a hearing > in February or to discuss > them, officials acknowledged. > > Mosholder told Senate investigators he was pressured > to change his > recommendation, but refused. > > " We feel that further research is needed before we > come to a conclusion, " > FDA spokeswoman Susan Cruzan told The Post. She > called Mosholder's > suicide-link " premature. " > > The FDA has warned doctors to beware of suicidal > behavior when prescribing > antidepressants to kids. > > In defending its pediatric trials, a spokesman for > GSK said that " not a > single person " of more than 1,000 patients committed > suicide. > > " Any adverse event is taken seriously by the > company, " spokesman Rick Koenig said Friday. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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