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Monthly Archives: June 2008

The Proven Dangers of Antidepressants

by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. On March 22 the FDA issued an extraordinary “Public Health Advisory” that cautioned about the risks associated with the whole new generation of antidepressants including Prozac and its knock offs, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, and Lexapro, as well as Wellbutrin, Effexor, Serzone, and Remeron. The […]

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FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Antidepressants in Adults and Children

Originally posted on the FDA site (03/22/04) @ http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ans01283.html The Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory that provides further cautions to physicians, their patients, and families and caregivers of patients about the need to closely monitor both adults and children with depression, especially at the beginning of […]

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The FDA Continues to Affirm Antidepressant Risks First Identified in my 1991 Book Toxic Psychiatry By Peter R. Breggin, M.D. Ithaca, New York www.breggin.com   In 2004 the FDA issued a black box warning about the increased risk of suicidality in children taking the newer antidepressants, including the SSRIs (Prozac, […]

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Psychiatric Reform Accomplishments

of Peter Breggin, M.D., 1954 to the Present   Many of Dr. Breggin’s accomplishments as a reformer are documented in detail in The Conscience of Psychiatry: The Reform Work of Peter R. Breggin, M.D. (2009). This biographical tribute to Dr. Breggin’s work draws on more than half-a-century of media and more […]

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FDA actions and shortcomings

Dr. Breggin’s educational campaigns and his scientific research contributed have put pressure on the FDA to change the contents of numerous FDA-approved labels for psychiatric drugs, including the neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drugs and the newer antidepressants. Dr. Breggin’s articles about the FDA, especially the implications of recent label changes, can be […]

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The Landmark Kaimowitz Trial Against Psychosurgery

THREE-JUDGE OPINION ULTIMATELY ENDS PSYCHOSURGERY IN STATE HOSPITALS, VA AND NIH DR. BREGGIN’S TESTIMONY SETS STAGE TO INVOKE NUREMBERG CODE   The following is excerpted and slightly revised from a longer article by Dr. Breggin on the history of his reform work in stopping the return of lobotomy and psychosurgery in […]

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