by CCHR Florida | Mar 15, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
What is agranulocytosis? “Agranulocytosis is a condition that results from failure of an individual’s bone marrow to produce a sufficient quantity of white blood cells, or increased destruction of the white blood cells. As a result, the white blood cell count...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 8, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
This year’s Florida’s statewide candelight vigil in memory of Gabriel Myers and the right to Informed Consent information may be found below. Please join us in Clearwater! When: April 16, 2011; 7:30pm – 9pm Where: At the bridge...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 7, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Carbamazepine, marketed as Tegretol, is an anti-seizure medication sometimes used to treat Bi-polar Disorder. Tegretol side effects can be extremely dangerous and life-threatening. When used to prevent epileptic seizures, this drug’s benefit was thought to outweigh...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 22, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
In December of 2005, The FDA issued a warning about Paxil causing birth defects in infants whose mothers took this drug during the first trimester of pregnancy. The above linked website, appropriately named “Defective Drugs” mentions Paxil’s connection not only...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 16, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
There is plenty of marketing today to make you think that if you are depressed you should consult your doctor and see if an antidepressant such as Prozac, Pristiq, Paxil and the like is right for you. But are these antidepressants effective? In the article These...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 15, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Our Worst Dreams Coming True The commonly prescribed anti-depressant Prozac has been linked to violence in its users. A recent trend of bizarre school massacres, child murders/suicides by mothers, and other senseless acts of violence motivated investigation into the...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 14, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Triazolam, also known as Halcion, is a sleep aide proven addictive. It belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which also includes Valium and Ativan. In this article from Associated Content by Yahoo, many of the unique and unpleasant side effects...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 10, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Varenicline (Chantix) is an anti-smoking drug linked to violent behavior. One site describes some of the dangerous side effects of this drug: “Serious neuropsychiatric events including, but not limited to, depression, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 2, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
What are some of the major Thorazine side effects? Dubbed by some, a chemical lobotomy, from its inception-the main purpose of the psychiatric drug Thorazine has been to keep mental patients quiet and manageable. In 1952, French psychiatrists, Dr. Delay...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 2, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Cymbalta is the brand name for duloxetine, an antidepressant made by Eli Lilly. Side effects are expected while taking drugs, but Cymbalta has been singled out by the FDA because it has a HIGHER than expected rate of suicide attempts. Starting with the...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 25, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Abilify side effects can lead to death or permanent disability. In a video by Andy Behrman, former spokesman for Abilify and Bristol Myers Squibb he states, “On Abilify I started to experience one by one, all the side effects they talk about in those TV...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 20, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
A research article entitled, “Prescription Drugs Associated with Reports of Violence,” studied the instances of violence reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System during the years 2004-2009. An adverse drug event is defined as some form of harm that is...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 12, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs
When a military father or mother is deployed, their children may have a tough time adjusting and need some extra love and attention for a while. Are there actual ways to help these children when their parents are busy defending our nation? Unfortunately,...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 11, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
When we read news of a young person commits an act of random violence. It is senseless, tragic and puzzling. It is important to keep in mind that one of the adverse reactions listed on psychotropic drugs is that “Patients of all ages who are stared on...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 10, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
This post is written as a follow up to our article entitled, Would You Drink Gasoline? – Then Why Would You Smoke K2 Spice? According to Madison County Coroner Ned Dunnichay after receiving the toxicology reports on her senseless death “Ms. Helsley died...