Lilly Knew That Prozac Could Lead to Suicide & Violence

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Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:26:40 EST

Lilly Knew That Prozac Could Lead to Suicide & Violence

 

 

Well, what I have always said was there somewhere has finally surfaced

in the

British Medical Journal - proof that Eli Lilly knew as early as 1988 that

Prozac produced both suicide and homicide.

 

From one of the articles below I quote Representative Maurice Hinchey, a

Democrat from Kingston, N.Y., and a vocal opponent of the government's

drug

approval process, who has some of the documents cited by the journal

article. The

congressman, is a member of the Appropriations Committee, which

oversees federal

agencies including the F.D.A. Of the documents that include memos

between Eli

Lilly employees, he said, they " clearly show a link between Prozac and

actions of violence perpetrated by people taking the drug against

themselves and

against others. "

 

Not only that, he also points out that, " The documents we have show

that the

company was instructing its employees to hide this information. We're

seeing

evidence here that it was a conscious act on the part of the company. "

 

Of course anyone who has read enough of the previous research (over

the past

five decades) on the end result of the inhibition of serotonin

reuptake could

tell you that suicide and homicide would be a couple of the expected

the end

results.

 

As I have said for 15 years now, documenting it all in my book Prozac:

Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin Nightmare, the impairment of serotonin

metabolism or " inhibition of the reuptake of serotonin, " with ANY of

the SSRI

antidepressants or any other serotonergic drug, is the deadliest thing

that could be

done to the human brain or body. Yet the makers of SSRIs have told us

all along

that this is " beneficial " and something almost everyone needs to be happy.

They even got the natural alternative market to buy into this incorrect

hypothesis who then began marketing " natural " Prozacs.

 

This is beyond doubt a serotonin nightmare that we must awaken from!

With all

we have seen in the years we have used these drugs, I am not sure how many

wake up calls we are going to need before we come to a fully conscious

level of

the widespread damage stemming from use of these deadly drugs.

 

Here is my post to the British Medical Journal:

 

Prozac-We Should Have Known

 

Ann Blake-Tracy, PhD, Executive Director,

International Coalition For Drug Awareness

www.drugawareness.org ,

Salt Lake City, UT 84088

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Send response to journal:

Re: Prozac-We Should Have Known

 

After testifying as an expert witness in criminal cases involving SSRI

antidepressants for 13 years, I am very grateful for your article.

 

The fact remains that over the past five decades mainstream medical

research

on serotonin has supported the fact that when serotonin reuptake is

inhibited

the end result will be mania/psychosis, severe loss of memory, horrifying

nightmares, tension and anxiety that appear from nowhere, cravings for

alcohol and

other drugs, impulsive behavior with no concern for punishment, including

impulsive murder or suicide, violent crime, road rage, argumentative

behavior,

etc.

 

For 15 years I have warned that all of these reactions should be expected

with the SSRI antidepressants because their mode of action is

inhibition of the

reuptake of serotonin. This new information from the BMJ on what Lilly

knew

about Prozac and when they knew it only backs up all of this existing

research.

 

This is research that was available for anyone to read over the past five

decades. So, I want to know - why did no one in a position of

authority read that

research BEFORE these drugs were approved?

 

I have never doubted that the manufacturer of each SSRI antidepressant

knew

their drugs would produce these results. They could not have missed

it. And it

was only a matter of time before it surfaced. My only remaining

question has

been, " How many would die before this information surfaced? "

 

Clearly this is an international tragedy and I am convinced that as we

count

the dead and damaged stemming from the use of these antidepressants

all will

be in shock.

 

 

Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.,

Executive Director, International Coalition For Drug Awareness

Website: www.drugawareness.org

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

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

Off My Antidepressant! "

 

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http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1477962004

 

US drug company knew that 'Prozac could lead to violence'

 

RHIANNON EDWARD

 

CONFIDENTIAL drug company documents appearing to suggest a link between a

popular anti-depressant and suicide and violence have been handed to

authorities

in the United States, it emerged today.

 

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) received the documents concerning

the drug

fluoxetine (Prozac) from an anonymous source and has now turned them

over to

the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

 

The papers reportedly went missing during a lawsuit filed on behalf of

victims of a workplace shooting carried out by Joseph Wesbecker in

Louisville,

Kentucky, in 1989.

 

Wesbecker, who had a long history of depression and had been put on

Prozac a

month before the shootings, killed eight people and injured 12 others

before

killing himself.

 

In 1994, some of the relatives of the victims brought a civil suit against

Eli Lilly, the makers of Prozac, alleging the company had for years

known about

the side-effects - including the fact Prozac might increase violence.

 

Although the company won the case, it was later forced to admit it had

made a

secret settlement with the plaintiffs, making the verdict invalid.

 

The documents sent to the BMJ include reviews and memos indicating

that Eli

Lilly officials were aware in the 1980s that Prozac had troubling

side-effects

and sought to minimise their likely negative effect on prescribing,

according

to Jeanne Lenzer, writing in the journal. One of the documents, dated

November

1988, reported that in clinical trials, Prozac could cause behavioural

disturbances.

 

The FDA has recently issued a warning that anti-depressants can cause

stimulatory side-effects such as agitation, panic attacks and

aggressiveness.

 

Dr Richard Kapit, the administration’s clinical reviewer who

approved Prozac,

told the BMJ that he was not given the Lilly data. " These data are very

important. If this report was done by Lilly or for Lilly, it was their

responsibility to report it to us and to publish it, " he said.

 

The administration has agreed to review the documents passed on by the

BMJ.

 

The documents are now being reviewed by the office of Congressman Maurice

Hinchey to determine whether Lilly withheld data.

 

" This is an alarming study, " Mr Hinchey said. " This case demonstrates the

need for Congress to mandate the complete disclosure of all clinical

studies for

FDA-approved drugs so patients and their doctors, not drug companies,

decide

if the benefits of taking a certain medicine outweigh the risks. "

 

In a statement to the BMJ, Lilly said: " Prozac has helped to significantly

improve millions of lives. It is one of the most studied drugs in the

history of

medicine, and has been prescribed for more than 50 million people

worldwide.

 

" The safety and efficacy of Prozac is well studied, well documented

and well

established. "

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/business/01prozac.html

 

Lilly Shares Fall on Report About Prozac Documents

 

By KEN BELSON

 

Published: January 1, 2005

 

hares in Eli Lilly & Company fell yesterday after an article in a medical

journal suggested that the drug company had long concealed evidence

that its

well-known antidepressant, Prozac, could cause violent and suicidal

behavior.

 

The accusations were made in the Jan. 1 issue of The British Medical

Journal,

which said it had turned over documents related to the allegations to the

United States Food and Drug Administration. The F.D.A. was reviewing

the papers,

which had been missing for more than 10 years, according to the Journal

article, which said they were originally gathered during a lawsuit

against Lilly on

behalf of victims of a gunman in Kentucky who had reportedly been taking

Prozac for a month before going on a rampage.

 

An F.D.A. spokeswoman, Kathleen Quinn, could not confirm yesterday

whether or

not the agency had received the documents mentioned in the medical

journal.

But at least one member of Congress said he had obtained copies of the

documents reportedly given to the F.D.A.

 

In a written response, Eli Lilly said: " To our knowledge, there has never

been any allegation of missing documents " from lawsuits involving

Lilly. The

company also said it tried unsuccessfully to obtain copies of the

documents from

The Journal.

 

" Lilly has consistently provided regulatory agencies worldwide with

results

from both clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance, " including data

related to Prozac, the company's statement said.

 

Eli Lilly's stock fell 75 cents, or 1.3 percent, to $56.75.

 

It is unclear what, if any, action might result from the matter. In

October,

the F.D.A. ordered pharmaceutical companies to include " black box "

warnings on

the labels of their antidepressants, including Prozac.

 

The warnings are the strongest restriction the government can impose on

pharmaceutical companies, short of banning a drug.

 

The warnings state that antidepressants increase the risk of " suicidal

thinking and behavior in children and adolescents. "

 

British medical regulators have recommended that many antidepressants

not be

prescribed for children and teenagers, but had not included Prozac in

those

advisories.

 

Even if the documents do not prompt legal or regulatory action, they could

sully Eli Lilly's image. The company's fortunes have been closely tied to

Prozac.

 

The company has long defended the drug in the face of legal and medical

challenges and insisted that it has not suppressed relevant

information about the

drug.

 

The report comes at a time of renewed scrutiny of the pharmaceutical

industry

and the government's process for approving drugs.

 

Representative Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat from Kingston, N.Y., and a

vocal

opponent of the government's drug approval process, said yesterday

that he had

some of the documents cited by the journal article. The congressman,

who is a

member of the Appropriations Committee, which oversees federal agencies

including the F.D.A., said the documents date back to the 1980's and

include memos

between Eli Lilly employees.

 

They " clearly show a link between Prozac and actions of violence

perpetrated

by people taking the drug against themselves and against others, " Mr.

Hinchey

said. " The documents we have show that the company was instructing its

employees to hide this information. We're seeing evidence here that it

was a

conscious act on the part of the company. "

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thankyou for this string of articles on Prozac. Both my children have been put

on it, and I can't figure out why. They inherited alot of things from their

bio-dad and me, but why they are on this drug I still can't get a straight

answer on.

Oh, of course it couldn't be the kickback the Dr surely gets from ol' Eli

Lilly.....

....Both my boys are on this drug and the doc just upped my youngest's dosage

because he is exhibiting Trichotillomania--pulling out his hair--a

habit-disorder. Just up the Prozac and it will go away. She says it may have to

go up to 20mg a day--he's 10 yrs old! I'm not buying it but I don't know what

else is available that could help. All I have to research is on the net, and

there is just a handful of sites relating to Trichotillomania. And they are all

(so far as I've seen) pharmaceutical-related treatments.

 

I don't like this, and wonder what I can do naturally to combat this. Its a form

of OCD, and we are really at our wits' ends trying to alleviate this problem.

The doc will not listen, and as we love the boys' counselor--and she is

connected with this doc and seeking another doc would lose this counselor--its a

Catch 22 situation.

The counselor questions the med as well, but is powerless to change the doc's

mind.

 

Now, I KNOW I don't have to follow the doc's instructions. They don't have to

take any pharmaceuticals I dont' want them to take. However, there are some real

issues that need addressing (ADD, ADHD, ODD, OCD--) Both boys score very high on

national testing and IQ but have real behaviour problems, this is not imaginary,

nor am I a person who blindly believes doctors.

If they didn't take their ADD/ADHD drugs they would really be in a world of

hurt, I've seen it, and stand by my usage of those Rxs but she has them both on

Prozac. I'm really questioning this now, especially with the info you sent,

(info I already knew some of, but needed a kick in the pants about--thanks!)

 

Does anyone know of any natural way to combat this form of OCD? He is very

tactile, has to touch everything. Pulling out his hair is exacerbated by the

ADHD meds he takes. However, if he does not take any meds he does nothing in

class, tho he is in the gifted program and is challenged. He gets out of his

seat all the time, can NOT sit still, wanders around the classroom, and refuses

to even put his name on his paper when not medicated. His life is really

miserable for him, he has lost friends when unmedicated. We took him off ADHD

meds for the summer and 1st part of the yr just to see what happened--it was

bad, he needs the medication.

His focus is so much better, and tho he is unable to do much homework, this is

due more to a teacher problem than a child problem. He is SO bright, and I hate

medicating him, but he truly seems to do so much better when he takes his ADHD

meds. However, when he does, in comes the hair-pulling. I cut his hair short and

the poor boy is almost bald in the front.

 

The whole thing is a quandary I'd like to get us all out of.

 

This is a very hard post for me to write, please don't come down on me too hard

for giving my children medication for ADD and ADHD respectively. My eldest was

diagnosed when he was 5, and in a double-blind study did SO much better on the

ADD meds he is on, and still is doing well considering his extreme behaviour

difficulties. My youngest has been harder to treat.

 

I don't know where to start--I understand that they need vitamins and

minerals--but which ones?

 

And, are there any herbs etc out there anyone knows of to handle the hair

pulling? B6? St John's Wort?

 

Excuse the long post, and the rambling nature of it. I am new here and really

don't know how else to ask for help!

Its very frustrating dealing with all of this.

Any help would really be appreciated, dietary, vitamin/mineral or holistic.

 

Thanks!

 

-Glenna/Seattle

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Monday, January 03, 2005 10:47 PM

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Friday, January 07, 2005 2:53 PM

Re: Lilly Knew That Prozac Could Lead

to Suicide & Violence

 

 

>

>

> Thankyou for this string of articles on Prozac. Both my children have been

put on it, and I can't figure out why. They inherited alot of things from

their bio-dad and me, but why they are on this drug I still can't get a

straight answer on.

> Oh, of course it couldn't be the kickback the Dr surely gets from ol' Eli

Lilly.....

> ...Both my boys are on this drug and the doc just upped my youngest's

dosage because he is exhibiting Trichotillomania--pulling out his hair--a

habit-disorder. Just up the Prozac and it will go away. She says it may have

to go up to 20mg a day--he's 10 yrs old! I'm not buying it but I don't know

what else is available that could help. All I have to research is on the

net, and there is just a handful of sites relating to Trichotillomania. And

they are all (so far as I've seen) pharmaceutical-related treatments.

>

> I don't like this, and wonder what I can do naturally to combat this. Its

a form of OCD, and we are really at our wits' ends trying to alleviate this

problem. The doc will not listen, and as we love the boys' counselor--and

she is connected with this doc and seeking another doc would lose this

counselor--its a Catch 22 situation.

> The counselor questions the med as well, but is powerless to change the

doc's mind.

>

> Now, I KNOW I don't have to follow the doc's instructions. They don't have

to take any pharmaceuticals I dont' want them to take. However, there are

some real issues that need addressing (ADD, ADHD, ODD, OCD--) Both boys

score very high on national testing and IQ but have real behaviour problems,

this is not imaginary, nor am I a person who blindly believes doctors.

> If they didn't take their ADD/ADHD drugs they would really be in a world

of hurt, I've seen it, and stand by my usage of those Rxs but she has them

both on Prozac. I'm really questioning this now, especially with the info

you sent, (info I already knew some of, but needed a kick in the pants

about--thanks!)

>

> Does anyone know of any natural way to combat this form of OCD? He is very

tactile, has to touch everything. Pulling out his hair is exacerbated by the

ADHD meds he takes. However, if he does not take any meds he does nothing in

class, tho he is in the gifted program and is challenged. He gets out of his

seat all the time, can NOT sit still, wanders around the classroom, and

refuses to even put his name on his paper when not medicated. His life is

really miserable for him, he has lost friends when unmedicated. We took him

off ADHD meds for the summer and 1st part of the yr just to see what

happened--it was bad, he needs the medication.

> His focus is so much better, and tho he is unable to do much homework,

this is due more to a teacher problem than a child problem. He is SO bright,

and I hate medicating him, but he truly seems to do so much better when he

takes his ADHD meds. However, when he does, in comes the hair-pulling. I cut

his hair short and the poor boy is almost bald in the front.

>

> The whole thing is a quandary I'd like to get us all out of.

>

> This is a very hard post for me to write, please don't come down on me too

hard for giving my children medication for ADD and ADHD respectively. My

eldest was diagnosed when he was 5, and in a double-blind study did SO much

better on the ADD meds he is on, and still is doing well considering his

extreme behaviour difficulties. My youngest has been harder to treat.

>

> I don't know where to start--I understand that they need vitamins and

minerals--but which ones?

>

> And, are there any herbs etc out there anyone knows of to handle the hair

pulling? B6? St John's Wort?

>

> Excuse the long post, and the rambling nature of it. I am new here and

really don't know how else to ask for help!

> Its very frustrating dealing with all of this.

> Any help would really be appreciated, dietary, vitamin/mineral or

holistic.

>

> Thanks!

>

> -Glenna/Seattle