The body hunters, New York Review of Books, October 5, 2005
Marcia Angell reviews The Constant Gardener, directed by Fernando Meirelles, based on the novel by John le Carre. Her review includes a factual report on the activities of Big Pharma in Africa, leading her to conclude that the portrayal of their behaviour in the film is accurate and based on reality. Angell was formerly managing editor of the New England Journal of Medicine
GPs under fire for Prozac prescriptions to children, Daily Mail, September 28, 2005
Curbing the influence of the drug industry: a British view, PLoS Medicine, Septemer 2005
Protest at Glaxo criticises drug, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 27, 2005
Drug secrets: What the FDA isn't telling, Slate, September 27, 2005
New antipsychotic drugs criticised, Washington Post, September 20, 2005
Little difference found in schizophrenia drugs, New York Times, September 20, 2005
For every pill, they invent another ill, The Telegraph, September 11, 2005
Antidepressant-suicide link debated, Washington Times, August 29, 2005
The scariest side effects, Forbes.com, June 21 2005
Was Traci Johnson driven to suicide by antidepressants? Trade secret, say US officials, The Independent, June 19 2005
Drug giants keep patients in the dark, Irish Independent, June 13 2005
FDA suppressed vital drug safety information, Independent, June 12 2005 (reproduced on www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp  )
US suicide rate unchanged for 10 years, JAMA, June 9, Washington Post, June 7 2005
Anatomy of an Epidemic:Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, by Robert Whitaker
Over the past 50 years, there has been an astonishing increase in severe mental illness in the United States . The percentage of Americans disabled by mental illness has increased fivefold since 1955, when Thorazine - remembered today as psychiatry's first "wonder" drug - was introduced into the market . The number of Americans disabled by mental illness has nearly doubled since 1987, when Prozac, the first in a second generation of wonder drugs for mental illness, was introduced . There are now nearly 6 million Americans disabled by mental illness, and this number increases by more than 400 people each day . A review of the scientific literature reveals that it is our drug-based paradigm of care that is fueling this epidemic . The drugs increase the likelihood that a person will become chronically ill, and induce new and more severe psychiatric symptoms in a significant percentage of patients.
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Do these drugs need a warning? Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2005
Surveyed scientists admit misconduct, Boston Globe, June 9, 2005
European Medicines Agency rules NO Prozac for under-18s, Guardian, April 26 2005
What Can We Learn from Medical Whistleblowers? PloS Medicine, May 27 2005
Drug firms don't disclose enough, ABC News, May 24 2005
Medical journals an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies, PloS Medicine, May 2005
Shire's hyperactivity drugs may come to UK, Guardian, May 11 2005
How Lilly Gilded Prozac's Profile, TheStreet.com, May 10 2005
Bush-Backed Drug Marketing Schemes, Sierra Times, May 4 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.
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, San Francisco Chronicle, 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.
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.