Unconscionable Drugging of Our Children

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Mercola could have gone further to question not just the use of

antipsychotics for unapproved purposes but also for the approved

purposes. It's not as if you take the drugs for an approved purpose and

you're not going to get the side effects, such as brain shrinkage

within 12 weeks to 12 months (depending on the brand-- but they all do

this). Who needs that extra gray matter, right?

The risk/balance ratio for these drugs is terrible no matter what

condition is being treated. TD isn't just muscle tics-- anyone exposed

over five years of time can develop physically agonizing twisting of

the torso and limbs which distorts and threatens the function of

internal organs. Anything manifesting physically, such as tics, tardive

dyskinesia or other aspects of drug-induced Parkinsonianism reflects

gross brain structural and functional impairment and can be equivocated

with the onset of dementia and other signs of severe and irreversible

brain disorder (Moncrief, 2007).

There is zero basis for the dopamine theory which industry uses to back

the marketing of these drugs as well. It's not true that schizophrenics

suffer from surges in dopamine or that people experiencing psychosis

do, so the theory that the " dopaminergic " (dopamine-inhibiting) affects

of antipsychotics are therapeutic is a fallacy. They only induce

another disease. The dopamine theory no more true for autism than it is

for any other condition, and opiates have shown the same effectiveness

in suppressing an accute psychotic episode. The entire

dopamine/monoamine theory was based on observations made more than half

a century ago in institutions that, once a schizophrenic developed

Parkinson's disease, their episodes of psychosis declined, so doctors

set about deliberately inducing Parkinsonianism with the use of early

antipsychotics as a " cure " for schizophrenia.

The logic behind this is grotesque. A completely paralyzed or dead

schizophrenic is also going to display less " incidence of psychosis "

and the disease-induction model of dopamine is eerily similar. All that

can account for reduced psychosis in patients treated with

antipsychotics is that the drugs cause global slowing of physical and

emotional response. You could do the same with a well-placed blow to

the head with a brick, really.

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