Archive for Paxil (paroxetine)

New study: antidepressants significantly raise the risk of suicide in the treatment of depression for adults — (Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry)
SSRI Ed note: A 2019 study finds adults treated with antidepressants are 2.5 times more likely to attempt suicide than controls, due to effects of the drug, NOT depression.
Mental evaluation green lights trial for man accused in 2015 Goldville murders — (The Alexander City Outlook)
SSRI Ed note: Man on Paxil fails to take it for several days, shoots and kills his live-in girlfriend and her brother, then shoots himself. He survives, is charged.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Daddy, please kill me I can’t do this any more’: Meet the CHILDREN prescribed anti-depressants for anxiety that ‘made them suicidal’ — (Daily Mail Australia)
SSRI Ed note: Lawyer launches class action lawsuit on behalf of children prescribed Aropax (paroxetine), Zoloft, harmed by the medications.
GSK Must Pay $3 Million in Generic Paxil Suicide Lawsuit: U.S. Jury — (New York Times)
SSRI Ed note: In a groundbreaking case, a widow does not settle, wins lawsuit against GSK for the suicide of her attorney husband. Jury agrees GSK lied, hid risks.
Moms reach $6.2m settlement over claims that anti-depressant caused kids’ heart problems — (MSN)
SSRI Ed note: FIfty woman who took Paxil while pregnant, with kids suffering birth defects as a result, settle class action lawsuit with GSK for $6.2 million.
The Quebec [Mosque] attack: The accused was being treated for anxiety and alcohol problems — (Actualité, Journal de Quebec)
SSRI Ed note: Man on SSRIs since teens develops alcohol problems, violent thoughts, starts Paxil in Jan 2017, two weeks later shoots, kills 6 at mosque, cannot explain why.
With An Ex Behind Bars, A White Knight Learns He Can’t Save Everyone — (KNKX)
SSRI Ed note: Woman with troubled past taking Paxil murders a man, gets 30 years.
Deroxat, Prozac, Effexor, Zoloft : votre antidépresseur peut-il vous rendre alcoolique? Can your antidepressant turn you into an alcoholic? — (Le Lanceur)
SSRI Ed note: Les professeurs en France reconnaissent l'exposition de David Healy d'effets secondaires graves des ISRS.
Study finds certain antidepressants may double suicide risk in children, adolescents — (FirstWordPharma)
SSRI Ed note: Cochrane meta analysis finds that SSRIs double risk of suicide, aggression for young people.
Antidepressants can raise the risk of suicide, biggest ever review finds / BMJ Article — (The Telegraph)
SSRI Ed note: Landmark study: Pharma companies continue to lie and manipulate/misrepresent data to hide the true suicide rates of people on SSRIs.
SSRI Ed note: Man writes nasty, cynical, tongue-in-cheek warning about why men should never date women on antidepressants. Big grain of truth.
Kimberly Wyatt saw psychiatrist for depression — (The Orangeville Banner)
SSRI Ed note: Singer finds that dancing is better than medication for overcoming depression.
Wife: Man who killed deputy made threats 2 days earlier — (Associated Press)
SSRI Ed note: Young father, normally a kind and responsible man, takes Paxil, is abusive and threatening to wife, gets killed in shootout with police.
The Human Cost of a Misleading Drug-Safety Study [329] — (The Atlantic)
SSRI Ed note: Talented 25-yr old stabs herself to death on Paxil in 2002. All the players in misrepresenting Paxil safety remain unapologetic.
Data from Study 329, that Claimed to show Paroxetine is Safe and Effective for Adolescents, Actually Showed the Opposite — (Various)
SSRI Ed note: 2001 Study 329 findings contradicted based on original data
Prescription pills are Britain’s third biggest killer: Side-effects of drugs taken for insomnia and anxiety kill thousands. Why do doctors hand them out like Smarties? — (Daily Mail)
SSRI Ed note: Psychiatric drugs, including antidepressants (1 in 11 adults in the OECD take these) are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.
Common antidepressants ‘linked to increased risk of violent behaviour in young people’ — (Belfast Telegraph) Rx for violence? — (LA Times)
SSRI Ed note: Study shows antidepressants associated with violence, especially among young people. Study flawed because it counts period after discontinuance as drug-free.
Her brain tormented her, and doctors could not understand why — (The Washington Post)
SSRI Ed note: Woman given Klonopin, Ambien, Ativan, Xanax, nortiptyline, lithium, Zoloft, trazodone, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Prozac, Serzone, Paxil and Parnate finally dies.
Mom desperate to get help for son, Makes multiple attempts to get mental health assessment — (The New Glasgow News)
Antidepressants Linked to Bone Fractures in Menopausal Women – Shorter treatment duration may lower risk, investigators found — (Medpage Today)
SSRI Ed note: Study in the journal "Injury Prevention" shows women who take SSRIs to treat menopausal symptoms 76% more likely to suffer a bone fracture/break.
Strafrechtelijke bijwerkingen: Verhoogde kans tot het begaan van een moord? Criminal side effects [of paroxetine]: increased chance of committing a murder? — (Criminal side effects: increased chance of committing a murder?)
SSRI Ed note: Two Dutch cases of murders in which paroxetine (Seroxat, Paxil) was deemed to have played a crucial causal role.
[NL] Dept of Justice using prostitute murder suspect as guinea pig — (Algemeen Dagblad)
SSRI Ed note: Dutch Justice Department decides to test a defendent's claim that paroxetine (Paxil) caused him to become violent in a personalized double-blind test.
8 Women Share What Happened When Antidepressants Killed Their Sex Drive — (The Huffington Post)
SSRI Ed note: Physician urges women to stay on SSRIs despite killing their sex drive. Invokes myth that takers are happier, ignores the many serious SSRI negative effects.
Lexapro Maker Must Face Claims Tied to Suicide — (Courthouse News Service)
SSRI Ed note: Woman has akathisia on Paxil, switched to Lexapro, gets worse, dies by suicide. Forest motion arguing preemption is denied.
The appalling story of a California prison guard who committed suicide: ‘The job made me do it’ — (Business Insider)
SSRI Ed note: Prison guard is given a hard time on the job, takes Paxil, does not function effectively, dies by suicide.
Chilling report details how Elliot Rodger executed murderous rampage / Elliot Rodger Report Details Long Struggle with Mental Illness — (Santa Barbara Independent)
SSRI Ed note: Social misfit drugged for years on Xanax, Prozac, Paxil, plans and executes shooting at sorority house. Shoots and kills 6, wounds 14, dies by suicide.
Antidepressants – Risks. With 20 reasons to be concerned — (MythsandRisksInfo.com)
Olympia woman pleads guilty in 2013 murder — (The Olympian)
Terry Bradshaw: Interview with Scott Ross — (CBN.com)
SSRI Ed note: Football player diagnosed and medicated for ADD is diagnosed with serious depression, and treated for that, does not cope, has 3 marriages.
Reconstruction of Swiss bus crash “shows driver was suicidal” — (Flanders Today)
GSK pays $105 million in settlement for alleged improper marketing of drugs — (MoneyLife)
CINDA MCLAUGHLIN v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE, LLC. — (Leagle)
Opinion: My husband refused to believe he had bipolar disorder, and denial destroyed him — (The Journal.ie)
SSRI Ed note: Man loses job, has nervous breakdown, is diagnosed, given Paxil, gets worse, wife accepts he is bipolar, unknowingly works against his recovery. Typical.
Research confirms antidepressant-autism link — (WND)
Generic Paxil Suicide – Judge Rules Widow’s Case Can Move Forward against GSK — (Baum Hedlund)
New test suggests antidepressant Paxil may promote breast cancer — (Los Angeles Times)
Drugs and aging can be a deadly combination — (The Columbus Dispatch)
Anti-depressants taken by thousands of Brits 'do NOT work', major new study reveals — (Mail Online)
Missing elderly man recently taken off antidepressant — (WZZM)
Dad describes son’s suicide — (The Tribune Chronicle)
SSRI Ed note: Iraq Vet, on Valium, Percocet, Paxil - dose increased 4 times - for PTSD, pain, shoots & kills himself in front of Dad. Care criticized, Paxil not a suspect.
Antidepressants: Preschoolers Remain a Fast Growing Market — (Liberty Voice)
Your experiences of antidepressants — (The Guardian)
Prized for His Aggression, Incognito Struggled to Stay in Bounds — (New York Times)
SSRI Ed note: NFL offensive guard on Paxil a bit too aggressive
PA Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Phila. Paxil wrongful death case that ended with defense victory — (The Pennsylvania Record)
Anti-depressants Can Cause Sudden Death — (Health Impact News Daily)
Judge orders officer accused in road rage incidents to be released from jail — (wpxi.com)
SSRI Ed note: Police Officer prescribed Paxil to treat depression after serious fall becomes aggressive and assaults several motorists.
Unsaid Issue Behind Veteran’s Rising Suicide Rate Is Shame Based Guilt — (Veterans Today)
The Dangers of Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse — (Futures)
New diagnostics firm asks: Can genes give clues about who’s at risk for antidepressant-related suicide and violence? — (MedCity News)
Left Hanging: Suicide in Bridgend — (davidhealy.org)
SSRI Ed note: David Healy makes the case that the higher-than-expected rate of hanging suicides in Bridgend are due to antidepressant-induced suicide.