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U.S. Sen. Grassley: Grassley works for disclosure of drug company payments to medical groups

 

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COLUMN: Americans' legal drug abuse

Palm Beach Post Editorial Writer
May 21, 2009

The number of people older than 65 taking these drugs doubled between 1996 and 2006, according to a study released this month. Doctors prescribed 73 percent more drugs for adults with mental-health issues and 50 percent more for children during that period.

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DCF must do better

A Times Editorial
May 12, 2009

A little boy in foster care is dead by his own hand, but a poorly functioning child welfare system also is responsible. Last month, 7-year-old Gabriel Myers hanged himself on an extendable shower hose while in a South Florida foster home. At the time he was taking a combination of psychotropic medications,

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Probe sought of doctor who prescribed drugs to 7-year-old

May 12, 2009

A lawmaker who chairs a state Senate committee on children has asked the state to investigate the doctor who treated a foster child who killed himself in Margate.

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Number of foster children in Florida on mood-altering drugs underreported, state study finds

May 14, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE - The number of foster children in Florida prescribed mood-altering drugs has been significantly underreported, according to the early results of a statewide study sparked by a 7-year-old boy's suicide in Margate.

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Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and clinical experience, drug makers would provide their products and the money to run rigorous studies, and patients would get better medications, faster. But now the profession itself is under attack in Congress, accused of allowing this relationship to become too cozy.

 

Has Big Pharma Corruption Suppressed Effective Treatment Options?

Establishment psychiatry is under attack in Congress. Investigators are recognizing that not all mental health treatments come in a pill.

 

St. Petersburg Times:
A Times Editorial - Medicine research corrupted

The pharmaceutical industry's corrupting influence on medical research has reached a new low with a case that has stained the reputations of Harvard University and three of its top researchers in child psychiatry. It took a congressional investigation to uncover a conflict of interest that could violate federal and university rules. As a result, the credibility of a supposed breakthrough in treating childhood bipolar disease is now in doubt.

 

Washington Post:
FDA Issues Warning on Some Antipsychotic Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned doctors that elderly patients with dementia who are being treated with an older class of antipsychotic drugs appear to be at increased risk of dying.

 

Chicago Sun Times:
Doctors' prescriptions need dose of disclosure

Three prominent psychiatrists at Harvard Medical School and an affiliated hospital recently were caught greatly underreporting the amount of money that drug companies have put in their pockets over the years. Two of the researchers were paid $1.6 million each in consulting fees from drug companies between 2000 to 2007

 

New York Times:
Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia

Last fall her mother, Theresa Lamascola, of the Bronx, suffering from anxiety and confusion, was put on the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. When she had trouble walking, her daughter took her to another doctor — the younger Ms. Lamascola’s own physician — who found that she had unrecognized hypothyroidism, a disorder that can contribute to dementia.

 

State May Limit Paying for Some Kids Drugs!

The state's healthcare agency is considering limiting payments for strong drugs prescribed to young children for illnesses such as autism and bipolar disorder.

 

St. Petersburg Times Investigation

St. Petersburg Times investigates a shocking trend: 250% more kids on antipsychotic drugs!

Psychiatric Pharmaceutical Industry Coverup

Psychiatric/Pharma Industry Cover Up

Michael Moore calls for Federal Investigation

Filmmaker Michael Moore Calls for a Federal Investigation into School Shooters and Psychiatric Drugs

Anna Nicole Smith’s Psychiatrist Under Investigation

Anna Nicole Smith’s Psychiatrist Under Investigation in Drug Death

Experts Debunk DSM

Experts Debunk DSM

Psychiatry’s “Billing Bible”

Scientific Legitimacy of Psychiatry’s “Billing Bible” Increasingly Under Fire

Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs

Report on the Escalating International Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs