“Our study findings indicate that these increased levels of chronic medication
use are symptoms of broader underlying issues affecting children today,” …
Category: Implications
Adverse event reports hit record high
The Institute took its stats from the FDA’s adverse events reporting system,
which can be problematic for a couple of reasons. One, adverse events often go
unreported, so the numbers can understate the problem. But–and this is the
second reason–the individual reports don’t prove that the drug caused the
problem. …
Lilly: $1.4B ding in profits for Zyprexa charge
Eleven states that were not part of the initial 32-state probe have also filed
lawsuits over the atypical antipsychotic medication, which the company launched
in 1996. …
Wisconsin Medical Society Bans Pharma Gifts
There’s nothing more sacred than the physician-patient relationship, and we
physicians have the responsibility to make sure nothing gets in the way of that
relationship–or even appears to get in the way.” …
Parkinson’s Patients More Prone to Vitamin D Deficiency (Yahoo! News)
“Significantly more patients with style=”BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed”>Parkinson’s
disease [55 percent] had insufficient vitamin D than did controls [36
percent] or patients with Alzheimer’s
disease [41 percent],” the researchers wrote. …
Mainstream Media Lies about Vitamin D Deficiency and Parkinson’s with Deceptive Headlines
Do they really think readers are so stupid as to believe sunshine exposure
causes Parkinson’s disease? They’re apparently willing to print the false
headlines and find out. …
FDA pushed ‘voluntary’ cold-meds change
According to the Associated Press, the FDA pushed drugmakers to warn
against using the OTC drugs in young children. And the four-year-old cut-off
appears to have been a compromise proposed by FDA in behind-the-scenes talks
with the companies involved. …
3-VIDEOS: Too Many Kids on Psych Drugs – Kathy Fountain Fox-13
Peter Breggin, M.D. author Medication Madness
Bruce Levine, Ph.D.
clinical psychologist
Dominick Riccio, Ph.D. Psychologist &
psychoanalyst
James B. Gottstein, attorney …
Experts: Pfizer spun Neurontin data
The Neurontin accusations emerge at a time when more and more drugmakers have
come under scrutiny for their handling of research data. …
States settle Zyprexa claims for $62M
This $62 million settlement is dwarfed in comparison with previous Zyprexa
deals, including a $1 billion resolution of several thousand patient-safety
claims. …