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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CCHR's Industry of Death Exhibit coming to Florida!
Find out how millions of children are being given dangerous drugs to treat disorders a number of medical experts say do not exist. Learn how a number of educators and parents are being purposely misled about the reasons for learning and behavioral...
Abilify Side Effects Lead to Law Suits
Abilify side effects can lead to death or permanent disability. In a video by Andy Behrman, former spokesman for Abilify and Bristol Myers Squibb he states, “On Abilify I started to experience one by one, all the side effects they talk about in those TV...
Psychiatric Drugs Do Cause Violence
A research article entitled, “Prescription Drugs Associated with Reports of Violence,” studied the instances of violence reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System during the years 2004-2009. An adverse drug event is defined as some form of harm that is...
Some in Congress look at incentives in disability benefit
Boston Globe Some in Congress look at incentives in disability benefit By Patricia Wen Key members of Congress are demanding an investigation into whether a fast-growing, $10 billion federal disability program designed to serve poor disabled children is...
What’s the Real Deal with Mental Illness?
If you had to define mental illness, what would you say? Or even more importantly, depending on your answer, what is the cause of it? Not sure? Where could one find a definition? There is a book called The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...
Psychiatrists Drugging Military Kids
When a military father or mother is deployed, their children may have a tough time adjusting and need some extra love and attention for a while. Are there actual ways to help these children when their parents are busy defending our nation? Unfortunately,...
Are Seniors Safe?
When an elderly person needs more care and it is decided to put their loved one into a nursing home, the family doing so, is trusting the doctor and the staff to take good care of their loved one. When someone goes to visit the loved one, it would be expected to find...
Random acts of violence
When we read news of a young person commits an act of random violence. It is senseless, tragic and puzzling. It is important to keep in mind that one of the adverse reactions listed on psychotropic drugs is that “Patients of all ages who are stared on...
2011 Starts Off With More Stories On Top Prescribers
The investigation initially focused on a Miami psychiatrist who wrote $43 Million worth of prescriptions from 2004-2009. It was calculated that psychiatrist Fernando Mendez-Villamil wrote an average of 153 prescriptions a day for 18 months ending in March 2009. On...
K2 Spice Update – Middletown Women’s Death Caused by Psychiatric Depressants
This post is written as a follow up to our article entitled, Would You Drink Gasoline? - Then Why Would You Smoke K2 Spice? According to Madison County Coroner Ned Dunnichay after receiving the toxicology reports on her senseless death “Ms. Helsley died from...
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