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Tegretol: Dangerous Treatment for Bipolar Disorder

Carbamazepine, marketed as Tegretol, is an anti-seizure medication sometimes used to treat Bi-polar Disorder. Tegretol side effects can be extremely dangerous and life-threatening.  When used to prevent epileptic seizures, this drug’s benefit was thought to outweigh...

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Medicating the Military Backfires

Medicating the Military Backfires

Recent military deaths are not all the result of what one would expect - violent combat - but, in an increasing number of cases, from medications being prescribed to “help” soldiers.   The NY Times article of Feb 12, 2011, By James Dao, Benedict Carey and Dan Frosch,...

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CCHR Florida- Current Project To Prevent Child Suicide

If there is one thing that I believe we can all agree on, it's that children committing suicide due to psychotropic medication is unacceptable and must stop.   CCHR Florida has been meeting with many Florida families to get this important message to them.  ...

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Medicating the Military Backfires

Feds make more arrests in major Medicare fraud case

A widening federal investigation into a Miami-based company accused of Medicare fraud netted the arrest of several doctors along with more than a dozen other defendants.   BY JAY WEAVER February 15, 2011     A trio of doctors altered the diagnoses and...

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Paxil Side Effects: From Birth Defects to Suicide

In December of 2005, The FDA issued a warning about Paxil causing birth defects in infants whose mothers took this drug during the first trimester of pregnancy.   The above linked website, appropriately named “Defective Drugs” mentions Paxil’s connection not only...

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The Truth About Antidepressants

There is plenty of marketing today to make you think that if you are depressed you should consult your doctor and see if an antidepressant such as Prozac, Pristiq, Paxil and the like is right for you.  But are these antidepressants effective?  In the article These...

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Prozac's Dangerous Side Effects

Our Worst Dreams Coming True The commonly prescribed anti-depressant Prozac has been linked to violence in its users. A recent trend of bizarre school massacres, child murders/suicides by mothers, and other senseless acts of violence motivated investigation into the...

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Triazolam Side Effects can Prove Dangerous

Triazolam, also known as Halcion, is a sleep aide proven addictive.   It belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which also includes Valium and Ativan. In this article from Associated Content by Yahoo, many of the unique and unpleasant side effects...

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Chantix and Violent Behavior

Varenicline (Chantix) is an anti-smoking drug linked to violent behavior. One site describes some of the dangerous side effects of this drug:   “Serious neuropsychiatric events including, but not limited to, depression, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and...

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Thorazine: Chemical Lobotomy?

What are some of the major Thorazine side effects?   Dubbed by some, a chemical lobotomy, from its inception-the main purpose of the psychiatric drug Thorazine has been to keep mental patients quiet and manageable.   In 1952, French psychiatrists, Dr. Delay...

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Suicide as a Side Effect of Cymbalta

Cymbalta is the brand name for duloxetine, an antidepressant made by Eli Lilly.    Side effects are expected while taking drugs, but Cymbalta has been singled out by the FDA because it has a HIGHER than expected rate of suicide attempts.   Starting with the...

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FDA Panel Recommends More Testing of ECT Devices

Update on FDA Panel on ECT Devices   FDA advisory panel recommends more testing of ECT devices.   The New York Times(1/29, B7, Wilson) reports that after a two-day meeting, the Food and Drug Administration's Neurological Devices Advisory Committee "was...

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