Archive for Neurological problems

Naomi Judd Opens Up About Battle With ‘Life-Threatening’ Depression — (ABC News)
SSRI Ed note: Popular oountry singer, long-time user of every type of antidepressant, none help,, blames "treatment resistant" depression, dies by suicide.
The full story about how Bristol boy Oliver McGowan died in Southmead Hospital — (Bristol Live)
SSRI Ed note: Teen suffering seizures given olanzapine by hospital, dies of NMS. Doctor admits drug caused death, insists prescription appropriate, coroner agrees.
How can antidepressants ruin your life? — (Quora)
SSRI Ed note: Writer has posted a list of the potential negative consequences of taking SSRI and other antidepressants as warning, since most MD.s refuse to see the truth.
MEDICAL HOLOCAUST: PSYCH DRUGS HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS — (Nordic Cochrane Centre)
SSRI Ed note: Study in BMJ reveals horrific truth about psych meds, incl. antidepressants. No lasting or significant benefit, cause serious harm in long run, kill > 500K/yr.
Lawsuit Claims Authorities Let Man, Serving Time for Ticket, Die in Macomb Jail — (Deadline Detroit)
SSRI Ed note: Man sentenced to 30 days for failure to pay traffic ticket loses 50 lbs and dies of withdrawal from prescribed medication in 17 days. Family files lawsuit.
St. Paul’s negligent in man’s attempted suicide — (24 Hours Vancouver)
SSRI Ed note: Man on antidepressants drinks, taken to hospital for threatening suicide, not monitored, attempts to die by hanging, permanent damage, wins lawsuit.
Antidepressants – Risks. With 20 reasons to be concerned — (MythsandRisksInfo.com)
Grandad hanged himself at his Gillow Heath home — (Stoke Sentinel)
Research confirms antidepressant-autism link — (WND)
Marriages destroyed by SSRI/SNRIs — (Pharmacology Forum)
SSRI Ed note: Support forum for spouses who find themselves "married to a stranger" when their spouse takes SSRIs.
Dead woman was on cocktail of drugs – coroner — (Stuff.co.nz)
Doctors Warn Of Potentially Deadly ‘Zombie’ Effects Of Using Anti-Depressant Wellbutrin To Get High — (National Post)
Saint Thomas Sued In Death Of Teen Who Took Prozac, Other Meds — (The Tennessean)
WEBB: DRUG TAKING REPORTER DIED AFTER HE WAS SEEN BRUSHING HIS TEETH IN THE STREET — (Court News U.K.)
SSRI Ed note: Man on antidepressants becomes fidgety, has mood swings, bizarre behaviour, dies of heart failure. Huntington's early onset is blamed.
Diabetic mum ‘struggled to feel happy’ before death — (Berkhamsted and Tring Gazette)
Local will serve life sentence in murder — (Marietta Daily Journal)
SSRI Ed note: Three different SSRIs plus Ambien worsen the situation for a couple with problems, finally he bludgeons her and sets her on fire.
Ohio IP Exonerates Glenn Tinney in False Confession Case — (California Innocence Project)
Eli Lilly and Company named in class action over deceptive and unlawful marketing of Cymbalta — (Got a Class Action?)
Antidepressants linked to risk of brain bleeds — (Reuters)
Problems with Cymbalta – Comments — (Rottstein Law Group)
Sheriff's mercy for mum who killed young teacher in wrong side of road crash — (Daily Record)
College suicide: Second-leading cause of student death hits home in Southwest Florida — (Naples Daily News)
SSRI Ed note: Teen on antidepressants 5 yrs, recognizing brain damage & desperate to quit them, and young woman prescribed antidepressants two months prior, die by suicide.
Paxil Nightmare — Birth-Defect Lawsuits Mounting — (WEBWIRE)
Mom Says Taking Zoloft Killed Her Newborn — (Courthouse News)
SSRIs, Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep Linked in Children — (Family Practice News)
Antidepressants Cause 40,000 Deaths a Year – But They're Handed Out Like Candy — (Mercola.com)
EXTENDED STORY: Professor begins Dora Project to prompt Suicide Awareness — (webujournal)
Misdiagnosis of Serotonin Syndrome as Fibromyalgia — (Tribe)
SSRI Ed note: Doctor misses seratonin syndrome, physical therapist sees that symptoms are not consistent with fibromyalgia. Patient suffers needlessly.
Metro Transit Human Resources incompetence leads to bus driver’s suicide—(Halifaxlive.com)
Antidepressant labels to carry new warning of life-threatening side effect — (The Los Angeles Times)
SSRI Ed note: In 2009, the FDA required warning that antidepressantcs can cause NMS,, an uncommon but deadly side effect. Made no difference to public awareness.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology — (Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology)
SSRI Ed note: Child given Ritalin, clonidine and Prozac experiences horrible side effects over 10 months, "expires", cytochrome P450 CYP2D (gene) defect discovered.
Glenna Todovich Releases her son’s story to Show Pharmacuetical Drugs Effects — (Live-PR.com0
SSRI Ed note: Talented young man who recognized his health was being destroyed by SSRIs suffers horrific side effects, can't get off, finally takes his life after 10 years.
Malpractice case alleges prescription of drug for off-label use caused permanent disability — (Southeast Texas Record)
SSRI Ed note: Man prescribed Zoloft then Geodon for depression gets serious neurological problems, has a stroke, diabetes worsens.
The dark side of antidepressants — (Let’s take back your health)
SSRI Ed note: In 2008, there were already articles pointing to lack of efficacy of SSRIs, and their considerable harms.
Footballer jilted by love took overdose — (Express & Star)
SSRI Ed note: Man takes antidepressants for 27 years, is still depressed, never marries, eventually takes too many pills, dies.
Older motorists under influence of drugs — (The Age)
SSRI Ed note: Australia discovers that older people on psych meds are a road hazard due to drowsiness, blackouts, seizures, confusion.
Police: Mother Mixed Prozac with Applesauce, Gave It to Child — (WISHTV)
SSRI Ed note: Mom on Prozac feeds it to her 12-yr-old. 3 docs testify that: "When not prescribed, Prozac can cause a range of medical problems..." But prescribed it's OK?
Serial killer convicted of murder — (BBC News)
SSRI Ed note: Teen on neurolepyics long term, suffers physical problems, aggression, finally to delusions causing 4 murders. More drugs added, he dies by suicide at 25.
Lilly settles Prozac lawsuit — (Indy Star)
Pamela Wild — (2004 FDA Hearings)
ZYBAN PROBLEMS?: OVERSEAS DEATHS BLAMED FAMILIES OF SMOKERS OVERSEAS BELIEVE A DRUG TO HELP PEOPLE QUIT CONTRIBUTED TO 25 DEATHS — (New York Post)
The Downsides of Prozac — (Harvard Magazine)
SSRI Ed note: Glenmullen explains the phenomenon of SSRIs giving a temporary mood boost to some, the effects wearing off, and the taker being left more depressed.
MEDICINES FOR THE MIND — (The Washington Times)
My 18-Year Old’s Bizarre Behavior on Prozac — (Survivor Stories)
Fluoride – Damning New Evidence — (Health Net)
SSRI Ed note: Fluoxetine causes: kidney damage, behaviour problems, cancer, nausea, pain, collagen fibre and bone tissue deterioration, enzymes and DNA repair mechanisms.
Prozac makes some lives better, others unbearable — (Austin American-Statesman)
SSRI Ed note: Psychiatrist prescribes Prozac to woman, she becomes hyper, can't sleep, he ups the dose, she attempts suicide.
Prozac draws adverse reports — (The Denver Post)
SSRI Ed note: In Colorado between Sept. 1, 1990, and Aug. 31, 1991 more adverse effects reported for Prozac than any other drug.
As He Copes with His Son’s Murder Rap, Marlon Brando Is Dealt a Second Blow: Daughter Cheyenne’s Suicide Try — (People)
SSRI Ed note: Woman prescribed antidepressants after brother kills her lover overdoses, has several more suicide attempts, finally succeeds 5 years later.