Doubts about Bipolar and Drugging children

Doubts about Bipolar and Drugging children

To those who have just received this label from a psychiatrist for your child please take a minute to read the above article on CNN.

Watch out for expanding sickness market… Chewable Cholesterol Lowering Drugs for Children? Really?

Watch out for expanding sickness market… Chewable Cholesterol Lowering Drugs for Children? Really?

Recent breaking news: Lipitor, the world’s best selling drug by Pfizer will now be available in chewable pill form for your children to enjoy. Yummy. In an article written by the Associated Press earlier this month, it states that this pill will be designed for children with “Genetic Diseases” like Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

ADHD | Pros And Cons Of ADHD Medication

ADHD | Pros And Cons Of ADHD Medication

As a parent of a child who has Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) you are faced with deciding how to manage your child’s ADHD symptoms. One options for treating the symptoms of ADHD that is highly debated is medication; some people strongly believe it is the best options and other believe medication shouldn’t be used on children. Determining the best option for your child is an important decision that shouldn’t be made without sufficient information. Before you make this decision, you should know that there are pros and cons to ADHD medication and that medication may be right for one child but not another. This article may help you as a parent or caregiver decide if medication is the right treatment method for your child.

Novartis To Give Away New Children's Medicine

The drug company Novartis is distributing 250,000 bottles of a medication to take advantage of a product recall in a competing product by Tylenol.

Novartis To Give Away New Children's Medicine

Drugging Kids a Form of Abuse

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Giving children pharmaceuticals for nontherapeutic reasons may be an under-recognized form of abuse, a retrospective study showed.

Data from U.S. poison control centers revealed an average of 160 cases of "malicious" use of pharmaceuticals in children younger than 7 annually over a nine-year period, Shan Yin, MD, MPH, of Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center in Denver, reported online in the Journal of Pediatrics.

FDA Approves Drug for Chronic Drooling in Children

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate) Oral Solution to treat chronic severe drooling caused by neurologic disorders in children ages 3 years to 16 years.

FDA Approves Drug for Chronic Drooling in Children

The FDA warns menopausal women using Evamist to avoid contact with children and pets

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned menopausal women using Evamist to avoid allowing children and pets to come into contact with the drug. Evamist contains the estrogen hormone estradiol and is sprayed on the forearms between the elbow and wrist to reduce hot flashes. The FDA said it has received eight reports of adverse effects from exposure to the drug in children ages 3 to 5, and two reports of problems with pets.

The FDA warns menopausal women using Evamist to avoid contact with children and pets

Insomniac children being prescribed unsafe medications--study

Insomniac children being prescribed unsafe medications--study

A novel research reveals that doctors are increasingly using unapproved sedatives to treat children suffering from insomnia.

ADHD meds help, but many parents still against them

ADHD meds help, but many parents still against them

Medication may be the most effective treatment for kids with ADHD but it’s not a cure-all, a new Consumer Reports survey shows.

Government Is Daring To Keep Children On Drugs

Apparently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had at least heard about the suicide of Gabriel Myers.

Government Is Daring To Keep Children On Drugs

Withdrawing from Psychiatric Medications

You’ve been diagnosed with a mental disorder and have been in treatment now for years. You’ve done both psychotherapy and psychiatric medications, and now it’s time to try to live life drug-free. You’ve successfully ended your psychotherapy treatment, but now you’re looking for advice and information about how to end your psychiatric medications.

Withdrawing from Psychiatric Medications

Pfizer's Viagra Weighed by U.S. FDA for Children With Rare Lung Disorder

Pfizer's Viagra Weighed by U.S. FDA for Children With Rare Lung Disorder

A form of Pfizer Inc.’s erection drug Viagra, sold as the blood-pressure treatment called Revatio in adults, may be used for children with a rare lung disorder if U.S. regulators can agree on how to test it.

Medication common practice for insomnia in kids

Insomnia is a major problem among children in mental health treatment and at least a quarter of these patients are given sleep medication, a new survey of child psychiatrists indicates.

Medication common practice for insomnia in kids

Contact lenses leading cause of medical device injuries for US Children

Researchers at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have revealed that medical devices have forced tens of thousands of kids and teens to visit the ER every year. The study is published online in the journal Pediatrics. The researchers FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health assessed the medical records from ER visits registered in a national injury surveillance system. Data from nearly 100 nationally representative hospital showed that 144,799 medical device-related complications took place during the period of 2004 and 2005. That amounts to 70,000 injuries per year, the researchers highlighted.

Contact lenses leading cause of medical device injuries for US Children


Medical device problems hurt 70,000+ kids annually

Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800

Ana Cantu was a Human Guinea Pig in a Drug Trial for $4,800

"The study started out with 20 subjects...For about a week there were 14 subjects. Then they started dropping...Now, we're down to 7."

Our children aren't sleeping and we're medicating them

New study from Hasbro Children's Hospital finds wide array of medication common practice for insomnia in children receiving mental health treatment

Our children aren't sleeping and we're medicating them

Drugs are bad, m'kay

HEY KIDS, DRUGS R BAD, U SHOULDNT DO DRUGS, MKAY, IF U DO THEM, U R BAD, CUZ DRUGS R BAD, MKAY, IS A BAD THING TO DO DRUGS, SO DONT BE BAD, BY DOIN DRUGS, MKAY, THAT WOULD BE BAD, CUZ DRUGS R BAD, MKAY..

Austin Family: ADHD Drug Abuse

Melanie Dunham, editor for Austin Family Magazine, discuss the misuse of ADHD medications and how misuse can harmful side effects. Why are these drugs popular with tweens and teens and what should parents know about this trend?

FDA investigating recall of children’s medicine

Washington • The Food and Drug Administration said Saturday it was investigating a health care company for other potential problems following its recall of more than 40 over-the-counter infants’ and children’s liquid medications.

FDA investigating recall of children’s medicine

Marijuana From Mom: Mother Says Drug Helps Son Cope with Severe OCD

Last year, 12-year-old Ryan Mendoza's obsessive compulsive disorder became so bad, his mother said, that his triggers -- the wind and spotting the number "6" -- would drive him to have crippling and violent meltdowns.

Marijuana From Mom: Mother Says Drug Helps Son Cope with Severe OCD

Avandia fraud explained: Why Big Pharma keeps lying about its drugs

Sometimes the degree of fraud that takes place in the drug industry is so mind-boggling that it's hard to determine whether drug regulators and the media are paying attention at all. For the past several months, drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been under scrutiny for tampering with clinical trial data for its diabetes drug, Avandia. Reports show that the company lied about Avandia's safety in order to get the drug approved and keep it on the market. But despite numerous pieces of credible evidence and witness testimonies that have all come forward -- all of which reveal GSK's deception -- an FDA advisory panel is still recommending that Avandia remain on the market.

Avandia fraud explained: Why Big Pharma keeps lying about its drugs

Ghostwriting at Elite Academic Medical Centers in the United States

Medical ghostwriting is a threat to public health which currently takes place only due to the cooperation of researchers employed at academic medical centers. Although there is growing awareness of the danger posed by medical ghostwriting, we find that few academic medical centers have public policies which prohibit this behavior, and many of the existing policies are ambiguous or ill-defined. We have proposed an unambiguous policy which defines participating in medical ghostwriting as academic misconduct akin to plagiarism or falsifying data. By adopting and enforcing this policy, academic medical centers would adhere to the norms of science followed across the rest of the University, and would no longer facilitate clandestine industry influence over the peer-reviewed scientific literature. By prohibiting medical ghostwriting, academic medical centers have a rare opportunity- to significantly reduce a major threat to public health with the stroke of a pen.

Ghostwriting at Elite Academic Medical Centers in the United States

Drugging kids for parents' relief called abusive

Drugging kids for parents' relief called abusive

If the kids become too much to handle, slip 'em a little cold medicine. It's an often-repeated joke -- or advice -- that parents share on the playground or on Twitter and Facebook pages.

The malicious use of pharmaceuticals: An under-recognized form of child abuse

Child abuse is a serious problem that affects nearly one million children a year in the United States alone. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Department of Health and Human Services classify child abuse into four categories including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. None of these categories, however, clearly includes the abusive use of drugs on children. A study soon to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics investigates the malicious use of pharmaceuticals and attempts to shed light on this under-recognized problem.

The malicious use of pharmaceuticals: An under-recognized form of child abuse

Health Alert: Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IS ON THE RISE AMONG TEENS IN THE U-S.

Most Kids With ADHD Take Medication

More than 80% of children who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder take prescription medications at some point to treat their symptoms, according to a new nationwide survey of parents by Consumer Reports Health.

Most Kids With ADHD Take Medication

Ryan’s Story: Is a Medication Change to Blame?

So many children take medication for any number of issues and when a doctor recommends a change we tend to go along with it. But one family says an abrupt and drastic change in medication turned their gentle song into a killer.

Ryan’s Story: Is a Medication Change to Blame?

What causes sweet cravings when taking psychiatric medication?

What causes sweet cravings when taking psychiatric medication?

Question by Gabe: What causes sweet cravings when taking psychiatric medication?

Parents Say Drugs, Changing Schools Best for ADHD Kids

Which treatments work best for kids who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)? A recent Consumer Reports survey reveals that parents
rank drug therapy as the most beneficial, followed by changing schools.

Parents Say Drugs, Changing Schools Best for ADHD Kids

Orphan status for child cancer drug

An experimental treatment which could help fight a cancer that attacks the nervous system of young children has been granted orphan drug status by the Food and Drug Administration.

Orphan status for child cancer drug

Glaxo Said to Have Paid $1 Billion Over Paxil Suits

GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve more than 800 cases alleging its Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in some users’ children, according to people familiar with the settlements.

Glaxo Said to Have Paid $1 Billion Over Paxil Suits

Exclusive New ADHD Survey Released

Close to 4.5 million children have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD. Consumer Reports recently surveyed 900 parents whose children have this condition to help other parents understand which treatments work the best.

Exclusive New ADHD Survey Released

Note: I am assuming this survey failed to ask the proper questions.

Anti-psychotics may cause brain damage, new study shows

Findings from a new study that shows that anti-psychotic drugs are likely to cause brain damage has raised alarm bells among health campaigners and human rights groups.

Anti-psychotics may cause brain damage, new study shows

300 Laid Off at Tylenol Plant that Made Recalled Drugs

Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit will be eliminating 300 of 400 jobs at the Fort Washington, PA manufacturing facility that made Tylenol and other over-the-counter drugs that were recalled earlier this year. The plant has been closed since April 30, and could remain closed well into next year, McNeil said.

300 Laid Off at Tylenol Plant that Made Recalled Drugs

Day Care Worker Sentenced For Drugging Kids

One of two women accused of drugging children in a Springfield Township day care center was sentenced today by a Hamilton County Judge. 56 year old Pamela Hartley of Cleves will spend six months in jail and can no longer work in childcare.

Day Care Worker Sentenced For Drugging Kids

In Afghanistan, drug rehab for children

Children in Afghanistan are often fed opium to stop their crying, and many are born to addicts. A few clinics offer drug rehab for youths, but they are scarce and socially taboo.

In Afghanistan, drug rehab for children

Children Are Being Exploited to Extend Pharmaceutical Patents

Want to protect your kids from high cholesterol? Just give ’em drugs—like the new, chewable form of Lipitor. Yes, chewable. Like candy. A new Action Alert asks Congress to repeal a really rotten law that encourages this.

Lipitor, the world’s top-selling drug—made by Pfizer, the world’s largest pharmaceutical company—has just been approved for use with children in the European Union. It is already approved for children in the US. The motivation is obvious: Lipitor’s 2009 sales were about $13 billion, but its US patent expires at the end of November 2011. This means Pfizer will quickly lose much of its Lipitor revenue once the generic competition hits the market. The company is desperately trying to boost its sales everywhere it can before then.

Children Are Being Exploited to Extend Pharmaceutical Patents

Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay

A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university officials, according to information given Congressional investigators.

Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay

Children's drug consumers sue J&J for fraud

Consumers are accusing Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) of fraud and racketeering in a lawsuit stemming from its recent children's drug recall. The buyers of those recalled meds are demanding cash refunds--rather than coupons for replacement products--in five suits seeking class-action status in federal court in Chicago.

Children's drug consumers sue J&J for fraud

Lawsuits Filed Against Johnson & Johnson Over Drug Recall

U.S drugmaker Johnson & Johnson was recently forced to recall children’s Tylenol and some other over the counter pediatric medications which has now resulted in a lawsuit being filed in federal court agains the company. Some consumers are unhappy with the company’s plan to offer replacement products or coupons to those who bought the affected drugs.

Lawsuits Filed Against Johnson & Johnson Over Drug Recall

Shock Therapy Used on Children with Autism

Shock Therapy Used on Children with Autism

The Judge Rotenberg Center, located outside of Boston, has been under the media’s fire since their methods of reprehension for students were revealed. The school uses aversives to correct the behavior of children who are acting out. What kind of aversives do they use? Skin shock treatment.

Drugging Our Children: Side Effects

Kid Drugging NAMI Big Pharma Psychiatry Wake Up America 17

Kid Drugging NAMI Big Pharma Psychiatry Wake Up America 17

Radhia and Peter discuss the wide spread use of psychiatric drugs in todays society. This video goes over the relationship between big pharma and NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental Illness. Is this really an advocacy group for mental health consumers or a front group to help market drugs for big pharma and push legislation in favor of the Big Pharma Profits? Whats the relationships between Big Pharma, NAMI, psychiatry and children's meds?

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Mom says center took teen off needed drugs three months before suicide

The mother of a 15-year-old Knox County boy who hanged himself while in juvenile custody in Chattanooga said Thursday her son died because he wasn't given needed psychiatric medications by a drug treatment center overseeing his care.

Mom says center took teen off needed drugs three months before suicide

The Brave New World of Pre-Drugging Kids: Patrick McGorry & Psychosis Risk Syndrome

Imagine being a parent taking your 10-year-old daughter to the doctor where she gasps for air and suddenly dies in your arms. You are informed afterwards that a toxic dose of prescribed medication caused her death.

The Brave New World of Pre-Drugging Kids: Patrick McGorry & Psychosis Risk Syndrome

Corruption in Drug Research and in Medicine

“Over the last 80 years, organized medical groups and pharmaceutical companies, using lawyers, bribes, lobbyist, insurance companies and the strong arm of the Food and Drug Administration, have been very busy.

Corruption in Drug Research and in Medicine

EU Approves Pfizer Cholesterol Drug for children

Pfizer has won approval in the European Union to start marketing a chewable version of their anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor to children as young as 10. Pfizer has already won U.S. approval for Lipitor use in children 10 to 17 with that condition in 2002.

EU Approves Pfizer Cholesterol Drug for children

ADHD and School: The Problem of Assessing Normalcy in an Abnormal Environment

According to the most authoritative recent data, approximately 8% of children in the United States, aged 4 to 17, have been diagnosed as having ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).[1] The same reports note that the disorder is about three times as frequent in boys as it is in girls, so this means that roughly 12% of boys and 4% of girls have received the diagnosis. Think of it. Twelve percent of boys--that's approximately one boy out of every eight--has been determined by some clinical authority, using official diagnostic criteria set out by the American Psychiatric Association, to have this particular mental disorder!

ADHD and School: The Problem of Assessing Normalcy in an Abnormal Environment

Adderall use increases on college campuses

Adderall use increases on college campuses

Editor’s Note: To protect their identities, sources’ *names have been altered.

Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance

A growing number of students and academics are using “smart drugs” bought over the internet to improve their performance in exams, a senior drug adviser has warned.

Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance

Pfizer Accused of Experimenting on Kids

Pfizer Accused of Experimenting on Kids

The Supreme Court gave a rare hit to private businesses when it declined to take up a case against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The suit alleges the drug company conducted nonconsensual drug testing on over 200 Nigerian children, some of whom died as a result of the tests. The suit was filed under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) which grants federal judges the ability to hear civil lawsuits filed by non-US citizens for violations of the "law of nations". By declining to hear Pfizer's appeal and entertain its argument that it cannot be sued in an American court for these claims the Supreme Court has allowed the matter to move forward to trial.

Alberta hospital quarantines kids

Four kids have been quarantined and at least 20 staff asked to stay home following a Norovirus outbreak at Alberta Children’s Hospital.

Alberta hospital quarantines kids

How easy is it to fake ADHD?

How easy is it to fake ADHD?

Disturbingly easy. All you need is 5 minutes with Google according to a new study.

Pharmaceuticals pushing psychiatric drugs by making up behavior disorders and syndroms.

People WAKE UP PLEASE
They make up syndromes disorders, .. You name it.
All for huge PROFITS and PLEASURE.
Yes, they love watching you suffer and die, taking all your money on the way.

Paxil side effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: skin rash or hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Contact your doctor promptly if you have any of the following side effects, especially if they are new symptoms or if they get worse: mood changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, irritability, agitation, aggressiveness, severe restlessness, mania (mental and/or physical hyperactivity), thoughts of suicide or hurting yourself.

Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: * seizure (convulsions); * tremors, shivering, muscle stiffness or twitching; * problems with balance or coordination; * agitation, confusion, sweating, fast heartbeat; or * easy bruising or bleeding (such as a nosebleed).

Less serious Paxil side effects may include: * feeling nervous, restless, or unable to sit still; * drowsiness, dizziness, weakness; * sleep problems (insomnia); * nausea, constipation, loss of appetite; * weight changes; * decreased sex drive, impotence, or difficulty having an orgasm; or * dry mouth, yawning, or ringing in your ears.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Tell your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect.

Has your child or grandchild suffered severe side effects from psychiatric treatment? (Like the boy put on psychotropic drugs who then lost his appetite, suffered headaches, tired easily and pleaded with his mother, Do I have to take this drug, Mom? Im smart enough on my own!)

Have you seen your child or grandchild worsen under psychiatric treatment, or suffer real harm or even death?

Psychiatry can destroy a childs education, life and future. If you have witnessed or experienced this, you are not alone. Through psychiatrys false explanations, easy-seizure (commitment) laws and depersonalizing treatments, thousands across the globe unwittingly fall into psychiatrys coercive system every day.

If your child or a child you know has been victimized by false psychiatric diagnoses such as attention deficit disorder and then forced to undergo harmful or degrading psychiatric treatment by a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health practitioner, CCHR is willing to listen and assist you.

To protect yourself and those you love from criminal psychiatric abuse, the abuses must be reported to proper law enforcement agencies so effective action can be taken.
QUESTION: WHAT SHOULD BE REPORTED?

ANSWER: Report any crime or act which you believe endangers the health, safety and well-being of a child, family member or friend, including neglect, acts of physical or sexual assault, abusive physical or chemical restraints, false imprisonment (wrongful detention in a psychiatric facility), fraud or misdiagnosis.
QUESTION: HOW SHOULD THIS BE REPORTED?

ANSWER: Write up all known details about the abuse, including dates, places, names of psychiatrists, psychologists or others involved, ensuring patient confidentiality is respected. Send this to the nearest CCHR chapter. Following are some guidelines:

1. Provide answers to these questions:
What led to the child or other person being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, treated and/or hospitalized by a mental health practitioner?
What was the diagnosis given? Was this given after a thorough medical examination for underlying physical problems that could look like mental illness?
Was there health insurance involved? Did it seem the diagnosis was based on what insurance coverage was held? Was length of hospitalization increased or decreased based on insurance coverage?
Was full, written, informed consent given for the treatment received?
If the abuse involved physical or chemical restraints, do you know who ordered the restraints and under what circumstances?
What damage, if any, was suffered?
2. Support your information with as much documentation as possible. Remember, do not do anything illegal. Use only evidence that is acquired legally to substantiate the abuse.
3. Call CCHR at 1-(800)-869-2247 to further discuss your case and make an appointment.

All information will be held in strict confidence.
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Pregnant Women must Stay Away from Psychiatric Medication

In order not to put their unborn-baby in health-risk, pregnant women must stay away from taking psychiatric medicines, a recently concluded biomedical study has warned. These medicines, if taken during pregnancy, may cause serious side effects in kids, the study finds.

Pregnant Women must Stay Away from Psychiatric Medication