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Antidepressant News Stories
SSRIs / Antidepressants Links & Articles
Anti-depressants 'may do more harm than good', Dail Mail, April 25, 2012.
Antidepressant use during pregnancy linked to increased risk of autism, Natural News, July 18, 2011.
Doctors doling out happy pills are just as bad as drug pushers, Daily Mail, July 11, 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mood drug attacker avoids jail, The Scotsman, June 19, 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 safety advice to be changed, BBC News, June 9, 2003.
"Prozac blamed for suicide" news stories, June, 2003: The Guardian, June 6 · The Guardian, June 5 · BBC News, June 4 · The Guardian, June 3.
Probe into 'happy pill' after spate of suicides, The Observer, 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).
GPs accused of not reporting Seroxat/Paxil suicides, The Guardian, May 9, 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.
Drugs inquiry thrown into doubt over members' links with manufacturers, The Guardian, March 17, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Prozac Notion, Guardian, July 9, 2002.
Patients may sue over anti-depressant (Paxil · Seroxat), BBC News, June 13, 2002.
Celexa / Citalopram Hell by James Moore, UK, June 1, 2002.
Bitter Pills, Guardian, May 21, 2002.
The chemistry of happiness (Seroxat · Paxil: The Real Story Part I), Society Guardian, April 28, 2002.
The chemistry of happiness (Seroxat · Paxil: The Real Story Part II), Society Guardian, April 28, 2002.
The rebranding of a disease, New Statesman Special Report, March 11, 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.
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
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.
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.
Prozac: They said it was safe, The Guardian, October 30, 1999.
SSRIs / Antidepressant Links & Articles
Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law, David Healy, Andrew Herxheimer, David B. Menkes, PLoS Medicine, September 12, 2006.
Quitpaxil.org. Paxil Withdrawal Support Site.
Paxil Progress. Paxil Withdrawal Information and Support.
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.
Social Audit analysis of Panorama "Secrets of Seroxat" emails (PDF file).
Psychiatric Drug Facts. Peter R. Breggin, M.D.
Antidepressant Discontinuation Reactions Website. Personal site by Researcher Dr Duncan B Double, Consultant Psychiatrist.
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.
Treatment-induced suicide. Suicidality as a potential effect of psychiatric drugs, Peter Lehmann, Berlin.
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