The Most Widely Prescribed Medication in the USA in 2007
Side effects or not, antidepressants were the most widely prescribed medications in the USA in 2007 Increased antidepressant use is said to result from direct consumer advertising which leads people to request antidepressants from doctors
How to Get Off Psychiatric Drugs Safely
Taper off antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and ADHD Medication without withdrawal side. The new fourth edition book "How to Get Off Psychiatric Drugs Safely" by James Harper, researcher and founder of The Road Back Program, details a proven successful method for tapering off these medications with separate chapters covering each of several classes of drugs.
Study Published in JAMA Finds Benefits of Antidepressants Out-Weigh Risks in Treating Pediatric Depression and Anxiety Disorders
According to a new study, conducted by the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice (CIPP) at Columbus Children's Hospital and published in the April 18 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there is more information for parents about the risks and benefits of antidepressant treatment for children with depression and anxiety disorders.
The Children's Hospital study found the overall benefits of antidepressants in treating pediatric major depressive disorder (MDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and non-OCD anxiety disorders (ANX) in children 19-years-old and younger clearly out-weigh the risks of suicidal thoughts and attempts associated with these medications.
Ignatius Piazza Agrees With Experts: Psychiatric Drugs and School Killings Linked
Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder and director of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, has taken a stance and added his voice to the already numerous experts and reporters who have been revealing the obvious, dangerous connection that lies between psychiatric drugs and school killings. Over the last six months, research and reporting has finally led reporters, experts and even psychiatrists to the conclusion that psychiatric drugs are mind-altering, dangerous and are the cause of school shootings like those we saw at Columbine and Virginia.
CCHRINT Announces FDA Reported Psychiatric Drug Side Effects Search Engine
Citizens Commission on Human Rights International Announces FDA Reported Psychiatric Drug Side Effects Search Engine: Decrypted FDA reports reveal 4,260 suicides, 2,452 additional deaths, 195 homicides from 2004-2006 alone
Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
An eye opening essay of how the accepted wisdom that depression is caused by an 'imbalance' of serotonin not only isn't supported by the scientfic evidence but is confusing and deceiving the very people who need help most. - by PLoS Medicine, a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science.
Pfizer 'Too Big To Nail?' on CNN
CNN investigative journalists have found the federal government refused to sue Pfizer for illegally promoting the drug Bextra for off-label uses. A shell company was set up to take the fall. Unbelievable...read on...
Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States? (PLoS Medicine)
Editor's note: This is a technical article reprinted, with permission, from the PLoS Medicine Journal (a peer-reviewed, open-access medical journal that's bucking the system by daring to print the truth about drugs, depression and pharmaceuticals). This is not casual reading, but if you want to learn why the current brain chemistry model of depression pushed by psychiatrists and drug companies is flatly false, this is it.
Michael Jackson, Demerol, and Prescription Drug Abuse
Did Michael Jackson die from a prescription drug overdose? As I write this it is barely 12 hours since the death of the "King of Pop" and rumors are circulating that there is a strong possibility an overdose of Demerol, a prescription pain killer similar to morphine might have triggered or caused his cardiac arrest.
The Danger of Antidepressants
Antidepressants often present unknown and overlooked dangers that can severely harm a person.
The Benefits Of Depression
Depression has a secret purpose and our medical interventions are making a bad situation even worse. We suffer — we suffer terribly — but we don’t suffer in vain. This NY Times article sheds light on why drugging away our sadness is actually harmful to us.
Self-Nonmedication
A great article by writer Bruce Stutz on his nasty withdrawal experience with the antidepressant effexor.
Antidepressant Horror Stories
While the pharmaceutical companies would like the public to believe that SSRI and similar medications do not have serious side effects past the occasional upset stomach or mild headache, the internet has enabled the true scope of adverse effects and conditions caused by these drugs to become known.
The Brainwashing Of Our Doctors
In many instances doctor’s judgment has been compromised by the overwhelming one-sided education they are being given by the giant pharmaceutical conglomerates. The result is unnecessary medication use, poor outcomes and sometimes dangerous results for patients all to satisfy the drug company’s insatiable need to make a buck and keep their stock price up.
The Prozac-Cocaine Connection
The SSRI or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor was introduced as a ‘miracle’ drug that would greatly reduce the side effects of the previous class of tricyclic antidepressants with little or no downside. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical companies are not telling the whole story.
