OT - Fwd: FOX News Video--Children Antipsychotics

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Begin forwarded message:ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com FYIFOX News is to be congratulated for airing a hard hitting report by Kennedy who pulled no punches by shedding light on the FDA official who ismost responsible for giving the green light that opened the floodgates forthe prescribing of increasingly toxic psychotropic drugs for children.Mostly healthy American children are being forced to ingest antipsychoticdrugs that alter their brain chemistry, interfere with normal development,and induce (iatrogenic) chronic diseases such as, diabetes, and metabolicsyndrome. An FDA advisory panel earlier in the week criticized the FDA's failure toprotect children from these toxic drugs.  Featured in the news report was Philadelphia attorney, Shellerrepresenting children harmed by antipsychotics, including boys who grewbreasts after ingesting Risperdal, hit the nail on the head: "the reasonthey [antipsychotics] are prescribed so much is that there are a very goodprofit center for the drug industry." How many millions of previously healthy American children will be rendereddisabled by FDA-approved toxic drugs?. Below is a transcript, but you can still catch the FOX evening News reportclip at http://snipurl.com/69ef0 Contact: Vera Hassner Sharavveracare@...212-595-8974http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=130 & DateTime=11%2F20%2F2008+5%3A57%3A15+PM & LineNumber= & MediaStationID=130 & playclip=True & RefPageFox News - U.S. NationalAmerica's News HQ FNC 11/20/2008 5:57:15 PM: ...jon: should children be prescribed pills that treat conditions that theydo not even have? how about drugs that have already killed kids nationwide? Adding to the argument of the overmedication of america's children, an issuethat our guest has been falling, douglas kennedy, the first nationalreporter to link anti-depressant medications to childhood suicide andviolence. that prompted action. for years, they ignored the side effects of anti- depressants, and now,it seems they're doing the same thing with antipsychotics, drugs that somesay are seriously hurting our nation's youth. One young woman on youtube describing what happened to her on the drugresperdal. it affects my moods, makes me depressed. >> She is one of the many videographers complaining about the side effects ofanti- psychotic drugs, including seroquel and zyprexa, drugs whose usagehave increased fivefold in the last years, despite there is no scientificbenefit to using them. this is a huge industry. >> Now, an independent group of doctors and scientists convened by the food anddrug industry itself agrees, criticizing them for being prescribed tochildren.  Sheller an attorney in Philadelphia: <<the FDA is too heavilyinfluenced by the drug industry.>>the reason they are prescribed so much is that there are a very goodprofit center for the drug industry. anytime you come into a doctor's office and say, ""my kid is a problem inschool"" or ""he is acting out,"" they come up with the diagnoses of bipolaror attention deficit disorder or other vague diseases. Sheller representspatients damaged by anti-psychotic drugs, including these boys who had tohave mastectomies because they grow breasts on rispserdol. He and others point the finger directly at Laughren, director of theDivision of Psychiatry Products whom has been turning a blind eye to theside effects. He has been accused of major conflicts of interest, ghostwritingarticles, supporting new diagnoses to use these drugs, and he is notprotecting the public health. he is protecting the profit of the drugindustry....>>The FDA said Dr. Laughren was unavailable for commentSee the video:http://snipurl.com/69ef0  [www_foxnews_com] FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of whichhas not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Suchmaterial is made available for educational purposes, to advanceunderstanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, andsocial justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fairuse' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C.section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed withoutprofit. ===== =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

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Begin forwarded message:ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com FYIFOX News is to be congratulated for airing a hard hitting report by Kennedy who pulled no punches by shedding light on the FDA official who ismost responsible for giving the green light that opened the floodgates forthe prescribing of increasingly toxic psychotropic drugs for children.Mostly healthy American children are being forced to ingest antipsychoticdrugs that alter their brain chemistry, interfere with normal development,and induce (iatrogenic) chronic diseases such as, diabetes, and metabolicsyndrome. An FDA advisory panel earlier in the week criticized the FDA's failure toprotect children from these toxic drugs.  Featured in the news report was Philadelphia attorney, Shellerrepresenting children harmed by antipsychotics, including boys who grewbreasts after ingesting Risperdal, hit the nail on the head: "the reasonthey [antipsychotics] are prescribed so much is that there are a very goodprofit center for the drug industry." How many millions of previously healthy American children will be rendereddisabled by FDA-approved toxic drugs?. Below is a transcript, but you can still catch the FOX evening News reportclip at http://snipurl.com/69ef0 Contact: Vera Hassner Sharavveracare@...212-595-8974http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=130 & DateTime=11%2F20%2F2008+5%3A57%3A15+PM & LineNumber= & MediaStationID=130 & playclip=True & RefPageFox News - U.S. NationalAmerica's News HQ FNC 11/20/2008 5:57:15 PM: ...jon: should children be prescribed pills that treat conditions that theydo not even have? how about drugs that have already killed kids nationwide? Adding to the argument of the overmedication of america's children, an issuethat our guest has been falling, douglas kennedy, the first nationalreporter to link anti-depressant medications to childhood suicide andviolence. that prompted action. for years, they ignored the side effects of anti- depressants, and now,it seems they're doing the same thing with antipsychotics, drugs that somesay are seriously hurting our nation's youth. One young woman on youtube describing what happened to her on the drugresperdal. it affects my moods, makes me depressed. >> She is one of the many videographers complaining about the side effects ofanti- psychotic drugs, including seroquel and zyprexa, drugs whose usagehave increased fivefold in the last years, despite there is no scientificbenefit to using them. this is a huge industry. >> Now, an independent group of doctors and scientists convened by the food anddrug industry itself agrees, criticizing them for being prescribed tochildren.  Sheller an attorney in Philadelphia: <<the FDA is too heavilyinfluenced by the drug industry.>>the reason they are prescribed so much is that there are a very goodprofit center for the drug industry. anytime you come into a doctor's office and say, ""my kid is a problem inschool"" or ""he is acting out,"" they come up with the diagnoses of bipolaror attention deficit disorder or other vague diseases. Sheller representspatients damaged by anti-psychotic drugs, including these boys who had tohave mastectomies because they grow breasts on rispserdol. He and others point the finger directly at Laughren, director of theDivision of Psychiatry Products whom has been turning a blind eye to theside effects. He has been accused of major conflicts of interest, ghostwritingarticles, supporting new diagnoses to use these drugs, and he is notprotecting the public health. he is protecting the profit of the drugindustry....>>The FDA said Dr. Laughren was unavailable for commentSee the video:http://snipurl.com/69ef0  [www_foxnews_com] FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of whichhas not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Suchmaterial is made available for educational purposes, to advanceunderstanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, andsocial justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fairuse' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C.section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed withoutprofit. ===== =====In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.