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Antidepressant News Stories

SSRIs & Other AD Links & Articles

• The latest news stories about benzodiazepines can be found in the Media Archive. Click here for the main benzodiazepine links page.

• Why antidepressants are simply a confidence trick: A leading psychologist claims taking sugar pills would work just as well, Daily Mail, August 3, 2010.

• Lives destroyed by happy pills, The Daily Mail, June 29, 2010.

• Hooked on happy pills: Internal bleeding. Strokes. Birth defects. The long term effects of antidepressants are terrifying, Daily Mail, January 12, 2010.

• SEROXAT SUFFERERS - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.

• The creation of the Prozac myth, The Guardian, February 27, 2008.

• Early Day Motion, No. 1056, February 26, 2008: SSRI Anti-depressants.

• Anti-depressants 'of little use', BBC News, February 26, 2008.

• Prozac is no better than a placebo, shows 'fantastically important' study, Daily Mail, February 25, 2008.

• Sufferers sue 'happy pill' firm for £30million, Daily Mail, November 18, 2007.

• An interview with Paxil Lawyer Karen Barth Menzies, Lawyers & Settlements, April 15, 2007.

• Drug company 'hid' suicide link, BBC News, January 29, 2007.

• Antidepressant linked to suicide risk in adults, The Guardian, May 13, 2006.

• Seroxat suicide risk fears renewed, BBC News, August 22, 2005.

• Suicide fear from antidepressants, The Guardian, February 18, 2005.

• GPs get new anti-depressant rules, BBC News, December 6, 2004.

• GPs warned against happy pills, The Observer, December 5, 2004.

• Medicines watchdog 'under fire', BBC News, October 3, 2004.

• Taken on trust, BBC News, September 21, 2004.

• Paxil / Seroxat and Prozac 'can make people homicidal', The Guardian, September 21, 2004.

• Prozac must have suicide warning, The Guardian, September 15, 2004.

• Prozac raises child suicide risk, BBC News, September 14, 2004.

• Anti-depressant deaths increase (Efexor/Effexor/venlafaxine), BBC News, August 20, 2004.

• Anti-depressant's link to suicide (Efexor/Effexor/venlafaxine), The Guardian, August 20, 2004.

• Shamed Glaxo's u-turn on 'suicide' drug, Daily Mail, June 15, 2004.

• Safety alert on adult use of antidepressants, The Guardian, June 14, 2004.

• Glaxo faces drug fraud lawsuit: Firm accused of keeping back negative trial results (Paxil/Seroxat), The Guardian, June 3, 2004.

• Glaxo sued for 'drug claim fraud', BBC News, June 2, 2004.

• SSRI dangers for children 'suppressed', The Guardian/Press Association, April 23, 2004.

• Why millions of women are hooked on the happy pills, The Observer, April 18, 2004.

• Depression pills 'too accessible', BBC News, March 30, 2004.

• Doctors 'forced' to overprescribe antidepressants, The Guardian, March 30, 2004.

• Depression pills 'too accessible', BBC News, March 30, 2004.

• US acts on drug suicide warning, The Guardian, March 24, 2004.

• FDA issues suicide caution for antidepressants, CNN, March 22, 2004.

• Drugs watchdog 'ignored dangers', The Guardian, March 14, 2004.

• Drug safety agency accused of cover-up · A secretive system · The riddle of the drug regulators: Critics press for review of licensing system, The Guardian, March 13, 2004.

• Charity chief slams drug watchdog, BBC News, March 13, 2004.

• Keep Seroxat dose low, doctors told, The Guardian, March 12, 2004.

• Warning on antidepressant doses, BBC News, March 11, 2004.

• Seroxat (Paxil), Paul Flynn MP, House of Commons, February 23, 2004.

• Ottawa warns of suicide risk for teens on anti-depressants, The Globe and Mail, February 4, 2004.

• Seroxat/Paxil data on children 'withheld' by GSK, BBC News, February 3, 2004.

• Company 'held back' data on drug for children, Seroxat/Paxil had no effect, leak reveals, The Guardian, February 3, 2004.

• Cold water thrown on Prozac Nation, Vancouver Sun, January 10, 2004.

• A Suicide Side Effect? What parents aren't being told about their kids' antidepressants, San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2004.

• Rules on medicines 'need big shake-up', The Guardian, December 11, 2003.

• Child warning on anti-depressants, BBC News, December 10, 2003.

• Drugs for depressed children banned, The Guardian, December 10, 2003.

• 50,000 children taking antidepressants (UK), The Guardian, September 20, 2003.

• High anxiety, The Globe and Mail, Canada, September 20, 2003.

• Teens warned over anti-depressant (Efexor/Effexor/venlafaxine), BBC News, September 19, 2003.

• Robber cleared by drug defence. Charges dropped after report links Seroxat to threatening behaviour, The Observer, August 10, 2003.

• Antidepressants and breast cancer, ClinnixPro.net, June 20, 2003.

• Mood drug attacker avoids jail, The Scotsman, June 19, 2003.

• Blockbuster Boloxat (boloxetine), Newswire, June 14, 2003.

• Mood drug Seroxat banned for under-18s, The Guardian, June 11, 2003.

• Seroxat warning over risk to young, The Guardian, June 10, 2003.

• 1) Children 'should not take Seroxat', 2) 'I couldn't stop taking Seroxat', BBC News, June 10, 2003.

• Seroxat to be restricted over fears of suicide link, The Independent, June 10, 2003.

• Seroxat safety advice to be changed, BBC News, June 9, 2003.

• Glaxo faces storm over Seroxat, London Evening Standard, June 9, 2003.

• "Prozac blamed for suicide" news stories, June, 2003: The Guardian, June 6 · The Guardian, June 5 · The Independent, June 5 · ITV News, June 4 · BBC News, June 4 · The Guardian, June 4 · The Guardian, June 3 · The Independent, June 3 · Yorkshire Evening Post, June 3.

• DoH: 'Seroxat 'link' to suicides', Daily Mail, June 1, 2003.

• Inquiries over Seroxat deluge Dundee law firm, Dundee Evening Telegraph, May 30, 2003. See: www.seroxatclaims.com.

• Agency blamed for promoting Seroxat, Daily Mail, May 29, 2003.

• Anti-depressant 'linked to suicides', Daily Mail, May 29, 2003.

• Probe into 'happy pill' after spate of suicides, The Observer, May 25, 2003.

• Inquiry ordered on suicide link to anti-depressants, Sunday Telegraph, May 25, 2003.

• Suicides spark inquiry into 'happy pill', Scotland on Sunday, May 25, 2003.

• Seroxat/Paxil: E-mails from the edge, BBC Panorama, Sunday, May 11, 2003. See also: No surprise from the e-mails · A long, hard and painful process · GSK to change patient leaflet · Seroxat manufacturer hits back · Seroxat: interactive discussion · The Emails · The Medical Paper · Transcript of Broadcast · Exclusive Films · Comments · The Secrets of Seroxat · Social Audit "Secrets of Seroxat" email analysis (PDF).

• Parents blame anti-depressant for son's suicide, The Sentinel (Staffordshire), May 10, 2003.

• GPs accused of not reporting Seroxat/Paxil suicides, The Guardian, May 9, 2003.

• U-Turn came after drugs giant was forced to listen, Gloucestershire Citizen, May 6, 2003.

• Seroxat/Paxil maker abandons 'no addiction' claim, The Guardian, May 3, 2003.

• Drugs firm broke advertising rules, The Guardian, April 30, 2003.

• Anti-depressant 'victims' fear legal action block, The Western Mail, Wales, April 18, 2003.

• Drug review halted over company links, The Guardian, March 26, 2003.

• Antidepressant link to cancer, ITV News, March 26, 2003.

• Drugs inquiry thrown into doubt over members' links with manufacturers, The Guardian, March 17, 2003.

• Man slashed wrists on Seroxat, Daily Mail, March 14, 2003.

• Coroner calls for inquiry into Seroxat/Paxil, The Guardian, March 13, 2003.

• Coroner calls for Seroxat/Paxil to be withdrawn, The Western Mail, Wales, March 12, 2003.

• Anti-depressant safety reviewed, BBC News, January 8, 2003.

• Why Are Canadians Taking So Many Prescription Drugs? (Transcript), CBC Radio's Commentary, January 8, 2003. Listen to the Commentary (Requires RealPlayer).

• Six Years of Misery (on Seroxat / Paxil), Gloucester Citizen, November 7, 2002.

• The SSRI Conference in Philadelphia, Redflagsweekly.com, October 24, 2002 by Nathaniel S. Lehrman, M.D.

• The Secrets of Seroxat, Panorama, BBC One, Sunday, October 13, 2002. Addiction claims · Problems denied · How the drug works · My struggle with Seroxat · Ploughing the Archives by Dr David Healy · Seroxat advice and helplines · Useful websites · What the Papers say · Forum: Secrets of Seroxat: Ask Us · Transcript of Broadcast.

• Glaxo 'played down Seroxat / Paxil side effects', The Guardian, October 12, 2002.

• Social Audit complaints against GlaxoSmithKline upheld, October 12, 2002.

• Paxil / Seroxat Withdrawal Suit Resolved, Peter Breggin, MD.

• The Dark Side of SSRI Antidepressants: Suicide, Homicide, Seizures and Dependency, Landmark Scientific Symposium, October 4-5, 2002, Philadelphia, PA with Dr. Peter Breggin & Dr. Loren Mosher.

• 800 hooked on Paxil / Seroxat seek legal action, The Guardian, September 16, 2002.

• Paxil On Trial: The Testimony Of Dr David Healy, Kangaroo Court, August 27, 2002.

• Quit Paxil, And Then: Zap! Complaints Surface About Stopping Drug, The Washington Post, August 27, 2002.

• The Trick to Putting Paxil Behind: Proceed Slowly, Under a Doctor's Care, The Washington Post, August 27, 2002.

• The Lilly Suicides, Richard DeGrandpre, Adbusters, August 22, 2002.

• Judge orders pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline, to pull TV commercials that claim the antidepressant drug Paxil (Seroxat) is non habit-forming, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo, August 19, 2002.

• Disorders Made to Order, Motherjones.com, July/August 2002. Pharmaceutical companies have come up with a new strategy to market their drugs: First go out and find a new mental illness, then push the pills to cure it.

• First, you market the disease... then you push the pills to treat it, The Guardian, July 30, 2002.

• Antidepressant Seroxat tops table of drug withdrawal symptoms, The Guardian, July 27, 2002.

• Mind Games, Week In Week Out, BBC TV Wales, July 2002. An eminent psychiatrist from Wales has risked his reputation to take on major drug companies over his belief that a group of anti-depressants can provoke suicidal tendencies.

• Prozac Notion, Guardian, July 9, 2002.

• 'Radical' drug (Cipralex - Celexa derivative) criticised as only a commercial device, The Guardian, June 17, 2002.

• Patients may sue over anti-depressant (Paxil · Seroxat), BBC News, June 13, 2002.

• Paxil · Seroxat linked with pregnancy complications, Clinnix.net News, June 10, 2002.

• Celexa / Citalopram Hell by James Moore, UK, June 1, 2002.

• Bitter Pills, Guardian, May 21, 2002.

• Mind Games (SSRIs), Week in Week Out, BBC TV Wales, May 28, 2002. With Dr David Healy. Watch the programme (Requires Real Player).

• Stupid Pills, Redflagsweekly.com, May 20, 2002.

• Against Depression, a Sugar Pill is Hard to Beat, Washington Post, May 7, 2002.

• Antidepressant users sue maker over 'reactions', Toronto Star, May 4, 2002.

• The chemistry of happiness (Seroxat · Paxil: The Real Story Part II), Society Guardian, April 28, 2002.

• The chemistry of happiness (Seroxat · Paxil: The Real Story Part I), Society Guardian, April 28, 2002.

• Paxil · Seroxat Litigation (Tina Katherine Beer versus GlaxoSmithKline Inc), Poyner Baxter, Barristers and Solicitors, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 26, 2002.

• Prozac May Have Fueled Gunman's Rage, Guardian, April 18, 2002.

• On depression, placebo proves helpful (sugar pill better than Zoloft · Sertraline), Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 2002.

• Scientists find Prozac 'link' to brain tumours, The Independent, March 26, 2002.

• The rebranding of a disease, New Statesman Special Report, March 11, 2002.

• Columbine lawsuit cites use of drug (Luvox · Faverin · fluvoxamine), The Denver Post, March 08, 2002.

• Time for openness on antidepressants, Society Guardian, March 4, 2002.

• Antidepressant drug trials turn away most of the depressed population, Brown University News Service, March 2, 2002.

• A bitter pill to swallow, Society Guardian, February 27, 2002.

• Praise for experts who break ranks, Oldham Chronicle, February 14, 2002.

• Jagged little pills, Guardian, February 14, 2002.

• Psychiatrists shift the mood on antidepressants, Society Guardian, February 13, 2002.

• Anti-depressant advice 'misleading', BBC News, February 12, 2002.

• Cost of pills to conquer depression hits £310m, The Independent, February 12, 2002.

• SSRIs: Hard habit to break, Observer, February 3, 2002.

• Withdrawal from paroxetine can be severe, warns FDA, BMJ, February 2, 2002.

• Drug firm issues addiction warning (Seroxat · Paxil), Guardian, January 23, 2002.

• Brainwashed: Mental illnesses are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain, right? Wrong, says Craig Newnes, The Guardian, January 10, 2002.

• Anti-depressant 'addicts' threaten legal case, Guardian, December 10, 2001.

• University accused of violating academic freedom to safeguard funding from drug companies, BMJ, September 15, 2001.

• Prozac scandal 'besmirches' Canadian university, Guardian, September 10, 2001

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• Drug giant faces huge law suit. 'Prozac miracle' could end in disaster, Guardian, September 6, 2001.

• Suit filed against anti-depressant Paxil, CNN, August 25, 2001.

• Swallowing the company line. It's time we had proper, open trials on the Prozac family of antidepressants, Guardian, June 14, 2001.

• Anti-depressant addiction warning, BBC News, June 11, 2001.

• Murder, suicide. A bitter aftertaste for the 'wonder' depression drug, Guardian, June 11, 2001. Antidepressant Seroxat / Paxil under scrutiny as firm pays out $6.4m.

• Drugs with a troubled past, Guardian, June 11, 2001.

• Prozac class drug blamed for killing (Zoloft · Lustral · Sertraline), Guardian, May 26, 2001.

• The missing warning on a drug for desperate people, Guardian, May 17, 2001.

• Bitter pill. Prozac, the bestselling drug of all time, can drive people to suicide, Guardian, May 7, 2001.

• World health watchdog warns of addiction risk for Prozac users, by Robert Mendick, The Independent, 29 April 2001.

• Renamed Prozac Fuels Women's Health Debate by Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post, Sunday, April 29, 2001.

• Zyban: Smoking pill link to 35 deaths. Inquest told of pill's adverse effects, The Guardian, Thursday April 26, 2001.

• Old drug for a 'new' female disorder, WorldNetDaily.com, March 28, 2001 by Jon Dougherty.

• Getting Off Antidepressants, ABC News, August 25, 2000.

• Prozac: They said it was safe, The Guardian, October 30, 1999.

• The Assassination of Our Youth, ABC News, September 15, 1999.

Antidepressant Links & Articles

• SEROXAT SUFFERERS - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.

• Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law, David Healy, Andrew Herxheimer, David B. Menkes, PLoS Medicine, September 12, 2006.

• "We deserve to know the truth about the safety of our prescription drugs", Public petition to government by Emergency Nurse at CUH, Ireland. Please sign this petition!

• Yahoo Groups:
          · SSRI-Research : A Resource
          · SSRI-Crusaders : Exposing the Truth!
          · Seroxat Users Group
          · Seroxat User Group
          · Paxil Withdrawal Support Club
          · Prozacawareness : SSRI-Antidepressant warning!!
          · Prozac Truth : Discussion of all SSRIs
          · The International Coalition for Drug Awareness (ICFDA)

• Guidelines for Withdrawal of Antidepressant Drugs, Professor C. Heather Ashton, January 2001.

• SSRIs, Drug Withdrawal and Abuse: Problem or Treatment? C. Heather Ashton and Allan H. Young, 1999.

• Dependence on Antidepressants & Halting SSRIs by Dr David Healy MD, FRCPsych.

• Responsible and Informed Use of Antidepressants, Joan Gadsby, July 2001.

• Celexa / Citalopram Hell by James Moore, UK, June 1, 2002.

• The Antidepressant Web (Social Audit Site). Charles Medawar (UK).

• Social Audit analysis of Panorama "Secrets of Seroxat" emails (PDF file).

• Psychiatric Drug Facts. Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

• The International Coalition for Drug Awareness (ICFDA) · The ICFDA Yahoo Group · ICFDA Survivor Stories.

• Antidepressant Discontinuation Reactions Website. Personal site by Researcher Dr Duncan B Double, Consultant Psychiatrist. Includes a Discussion Forum.

• SmithKline Beecham and Paxil (Seroxat) Petition.

• Eli Lilly & Prozac Petition.

• Prozac Survivors Support Group. PO Box 1727, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 (USA). (800) 392-0640. Email.

• Prozac Survivors Support Group, 26 Fox Street, Oldham, Lancashire OL8 3ST, England, UK. Helpline: 0161 682 3296 (Mondays to Fridays 10am-4pm). Email: pssguk@aol.com. A group of people who have come together following their own experiences of the severe side-effects of prescribed mind-altering drugs.

• The Lilly Suicides · prozacspotlight.org.

• Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? Ann Blake Tracy, PhD.

• Prozac. What is the Truth behind it?

• 'Let them Eat Prozac' Website

• Prozac Survivor · Prozac FAQs.

• Hand In Hand.

• Quitpaxil.org. Paxil Withdrawal Support Site.

• Seroxat Users Group (UK) and Support Forum.

• Yahoo Seroxat User Group (UK).

• UK Paxil/Seroxat Withdrawal Support Site.

• Paxil-Free.

• The Paxil Database · Withdrawing from Paxil - The Almost Complete Guide.

• Paxil Progress. Paxil Withdrawal Information and Support.

• Zoloft (Lustral/Sertraline): Side Effects · Suicide · Akathisia · Hostility & Aggression · Dependency · Other serious side effects.

• California Lawsuit against SmithKlein Beecham re: Paxil and Pfizer re: Zoloft.

• Effexor (Efexor, Venlafaxine) Withdrawal.

• EffexorFX.

• Effexor Petition.

• Venlafaxine (Effexor / Efexor) - long term adverse effects, Professor Richard Lathe, University of Edinburgh.

• Warning: Neurological Side Effects and Dangers of SSRI Antidepressants.

• Psychiatric Medication Awareness Group.

• Psychotropic drugs from GaryNull.com.

• Persistent adverse neurological effects following SSRI discontinuation (PANES), Dr Ben Green, University of Liverpool, UK.

• Antidepressants Facts. An extensive source of information on the side-effects and safety of SSRIs. Features research, articles, studies, personal experiences, views of doctors plus a range of links to further sources of information.

• Psychopharmacology & The Government of The Self by Dr David Healy, 2001.

• The David Healy Affair.

• Annie Armen Live. Annie Armen Live Talk Radio + AnnieBiotics™ = Stop the Silence Within / Stop the Abuse Throughout! Host, Producer, Dedicated Family / Child Advocate --> Annie Armen. See links page.

• Against Mind Altering Drugs: Action on Psychotropic Medication.

• PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS: Cure or Quackery?

• What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric Drugs.

• Treatment-induced suicide. Suicidality as a potential effect of psychiatric drugs, Peter Lehmann, Berlin.

• APRIL – Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information Link.

• Against Mind Altering Drugs: Action on Psychotropic Medication.

• Aspire.us - Alliance to Stop Psychiatry's Influence in Religion and Education.

• Interview with Peter Breggin, MD, January 24, 1996.

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