December 16, 2008
Abuse, Antipsychotic, Big Pharma, DSM, ECT, Fraud, Hospital, Human rights, News, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Psychotropic drugs, Videos, unhappy patients
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by Lorna Benson, Minnesota Public Radio
December 15, 2008
A Minnesota man undergoing electro-convulsive therapy goes before a judge in St. Paul on Tuesday to try to stop the court-ordered procedure. Ray Sandford says he’s losing his memory after having more than 30 treatments so far. His doctors have argued that the procedure is necessary to treat Sandford’s psychotic episodes. Minnesota, like many other states, does not track the number of forced ECTs.
St. Paul, Minn. — Ray Sandford has been getting electro-convulsive treatment, also known as electroshock and ECT, since the end of May. For Ray, the process works like this. Every week or two he is taken to a hospital, where a medical technician attaches electrodes to his head and delivers electrical current into his brain. The current causes a seizure.
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September 4, 2008
ADD, ADHD, Abuse, Antidepressants, Antipsychotic, Anxiety, Big Pharma, DSM, Fraud, Human rights, Protest, Psychiatry, Ritalin, Videos, generalized anxiety disorder
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Petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html
What would you do if your child was mentally screened at school and diagnosed with mental disorders without your permission? That happened to this mother, Teresa Rhoades
August 22, 2008
Antipsychotic, Big Pharma, Bipolar, Eli Lilly, FDA, Fraud, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Zyprexa, unhappy patients
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Submitted by DannyHaszard on August 22, 2008 - 12:33pm.
Eli Lilly sells a drug that can cause diabetes and then turn a profit on the drugs that treat the condition that they may have caused in the first place! Zyprexa is the product name for Olanzapine,it is Lilly’s top selling drug.It was approved by the FDA in 1996 ,an ‘atypical’ antipsychotic a newer class of drugs without the motor side effects of the older Thorazine.
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June 2, 2008
Antidepressants, Antipsychotic, Anxiety, Bereavement, Big Pharma, GlaxoSmithkline, News, Prozac, Psychiatry, Psychotropic drugs, Schizophrenia
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For almost every behavioural issue, these days there’s a medicine to treat it
Roger Dobson reports
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Spending too much time on the internet? Worried about a low sex drive, shyness or lack of social skills? Or do you lose your temper too easily, blush too readily or spend too much time and money shopping?
Time was when such behaviours might have been regarded as individual differences, or put down to lack of self control and restraint. But not any more. Increasing numbers of behavioural conditions are being treated with drug therapy. Bereavement issues, blushing, low sex drive, high sex drive, sex addiction, lack of orgasm, gambling, fear of public speaking, stealing, domestic violence and phobias are all being targeted with drugs that are either in clinical trials or already available.
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June 2, 2008
ADD, ADHD, Antidepressants, Antipsychotic, Anxiety, Big Pharma, Bipolar, News, Schizophrenia, major depression
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Lori Matthews | American Chronicle
Studies have shown that fish oil may make significant improvements on the mental health of people. The active ingredients are needed for the brain to function properly and have a good overall health.
Fish oil is commonly known as Omega-3. It contains EPA or eicosapentaenoic acid and DHA or docosahexaenoic acid. The key stabilizing element in fish oil is EPA. Taking fish oil in supplement form may be healthier than consuming it through fish because all of the toxins of a fish are taken away when the fish oil liquid or capsules are created. Many people don´t eat enough fish or like it so supplementation is preferred.
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May 28, 2008
Antipsychotic, Big Pharma, Bipolar, FDA, Invega, News, Risperdal, Schizophrenia, Seroquel
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New York psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman has heard Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) sales pitch for the new anti-schizophrenia drug Invega, but he’s not too impressed.
Problem is, Invega isn’t much different than one of J&J’s best-selling drugs, the antipsychotic Risperdal. In late June, Risperdal is scheduled to lose its U.S. patent protection, clearing the way for competing generic copies that are cheaper than Invega, which could further diminish Invega sales, already characterized as a disappointment by J&J.
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May 22, 2008
Antipsychotic, AstraZeneca, Bipolar, Fraud, News, Seroquel
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From staff and wire reports
AstraZeneca PLC, which has its U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, was sued by Arkansas for falsely claiming its antipsychotic medicine Seroquel was safer than less-expensive drugs and failing to warn of its risks.
AstraZeneca has engaged in a “course of corporate misconduct and misrepresentation” in violating numerous state laws, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in a lawsuit filed yesterday on behalf of the state’s behavioral health and Medicaid divisions.
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May 8, 2008
Antipsychotic, AstraZeneca, Big Pharma, DSM, FDA, Seroquel, generalized anxiety disorder
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Say goodbye to benzodiazepines and say hello to Anti-psychotics!
URL: http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idINL0869893920080508
LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it had applied to U.S. regulators to sell its schizophrenia drug Seroquel XR as a treatment for anxiety.
If approved, Seroquel XR would be the first atypical antipsychotic medicine cleared for the treatment of generalised anxiety disorder.
Seroquel XR — a follow-on extended release version of AstraZeneca’s older $4 billion-a-year seller Seroquel — was approved in the United States for schizophrenia in 2007. AstraZeneca is also seeking clearance to sell the new drug for bipolar disorder. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler)
Goodie! now everyone would be “hooked” on an anti-psychotics if this is approved by our good friends at the FDA office.
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May 5, 2008
Antidepressants, DSM, Psychiatry, Psychotropic drugs, Videos
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Link of interest Are you an online/Blackberry junkie? You might be mentally ill!
Psychiatry wants to add internet addiction to the DSM and make it an official mental disorder. They want to add chatting, sexy girls and video games as types of addiction.
