Info Document Actions Print this Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is looking into allegations of inappropriate marketing of Zyprexa and other drugs and medical devices, according to Reuters. Waxman is the chairman of a house committee investigating off-label drug marketing by Eli Lilly & Company, AstraZeneca and Cephalon. Off-label use occurs when doctors prescribe products for…
Info Document Actions Print this The London Telegraph reports that British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeks to implement radical measures for tackling crime –ranging from monitoring those diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities with radio chips to hormone injections for sex offenders — as part of “new Labour agenda.” The paper also reports that Blair has ordered…
Info Document Actions Print this This article, from the Lunatics’ Liberation Front, is to help psychiatric consumers make informed choices about their options when deciding whether to withdraw, and how to do so safely if they choose to do so. The article intends to provide an overview of how to safely quit psychiatric medications, with…
Info Document Actions Print this Maureen B. Roberts, PhD, a Jungian therapist who is the founder and co-ordinator of the Schizophrenia Crisis Centre & Drug-free Helpline, outlines safe, natural, healing remedies for safe withdrawal from psychiatric drugs for patients labeled as ‘schizophrenics’. Dr. Roberts recommends gradual withdrawal techniques, using orthomolecular remedies that replace neurotoxic drugs…
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Info Document Actions Print this Psychiatric drugs administered along with other prescriptions (psychiatric polypharmacy) often leads to fatal results. Libby Zion, whose premature demise resulted from ingesting a prescription cocktail, was administered an anti-depressant and a painkiller, both of which targeted the 18 year old college student’s central nervous system. Such deaths and related polypharmacy…
Info — expired Toronto, Montreal and MindFreedom Ireland all protested electroshock on Mother’s Day 2007. Here is background, announcements, press release and posters, along with links to reports. MindFreedom International endorsed these peaceful protests of electroshock. Don Weitz, Bonnie Burstow and Paivi Laine at news conference in Toronto about 13 May 2007 protest of electroshock.…
Info — expired Toronto, Montreal and MindFreedom Ireland all protested electroshock on Mother’s Day 2007. Here is background, announcements, press release and posters, along with links to reports. MindFreedom International endorsed these peaceful protests of electroshock. Don Weitz, Bonnie Burstow and Paivi Laine at news conference in Toronto about 13 May 2007 protest of electroshock.…
National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy “save the date” announcement for their annual conference, to be held in LA. what Convention when Nov 14, 2007 03:00 AM to Nov 17, 2007 03:00 AM where Los Angeles, California, USA add event to calendar vCal iCal SAVE THE DATE! 2007 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE November 14-17, 2007 Radisson…
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