Contra Pfizer
My name is Lothar Schröder, I am German and 45 years old. I studied mathematics and actuaries at Cologne University. After graduation I have worked for several insurance companies as a fixed income portfolio manger. Now I work for a bank.
I am a widower since my wife Monika killed herself three years ago.
My wife took ZOLOFT, an SSRI-antidepressant manufactured by the pharma company Pfizer. At the time she took the drug, the package insert did not warn that ZOLOFT can make people suicidal. I blame the drug for her death, because she loved live and would never have done that. She had so many plans for the future. The medical documents show that it is very likely, that there was a causal relationship between the drug ZOLOFT and her suicide.
The risk of suicide was concealed in Germany by Pfizer until August 2005, when the European Commission forced the pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer to warn about the suicide risk for children and adolescents. Some weeks ago, Pfizer has increased the age at higher risk from 18 years to 25 years. But this is nonsense. All ages are at higher risk from these SSRI- Antidepressants!
Other SSRI antidepressants are Prozac (in Germany Fluctin) and Paxil. They all carry the same risk!
This blog is about these SSRI- antidepressants and CONTRA PFIZER.
It is named after one article by Dr. David Healy who has written a book on SSRI, it is titled “Let them eat Prozac”.
I have decided to fight Pfizer and tell my story to the public.
My Story in the German News-Magazine Focus 28.02.2008
At the beginning of this year, secret documents are found, that GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the SSRI PAXIL, have known about the risk of suicide since the late 80ies but have concealed it from the public. Dr. Glenmullen writes: "...GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil data in its earliest reports to the FDA in 1989 show a statistically significant, greater than eight-fold increased risk of suicidal behaviour - suicide and suicide attempts - for patients put on Paxil when compared to patients put on placebo (dummy) pills ...".
I told this and my story to the German news-magazine Focus and they published it on 28th Febuary 2008. I also told them about Mr. John Virapen, an Ex Eli Lilly manager in Sweden. He bribed the swedish expert to write a positive report for the approval of PROZAC, the first SSRI.
But the same must have happend in Germany also.
But what about ZOLOFT and Pfizer? How long did Pfizer know about the risk of suicide of ZOLOFT?
(Reference:
http://www.focus.de/gesundheit/news/psycho-medikamente_aid_261754.html )
To be continued ...
1 Kommentar:
Dear Lothar,
The lawsuit filed by Kimberly Kay Witczak against Pifzer in 2004 about her husband's dealth after taking Zoloft.
www.etopiamedia.net/emmnn/pdfs/witczak-baum1.pdf
[Allegation] 11. Pfizer has known for years that Zoloft can induce akathisisa, yet failed to warn prescribing physicians or the consuming public about this dangerous condition. [Footnote2.] In fact, Dr Roger Lane, former Medical Director of the Zoloft Product Strategy Team at Pfizer, wrote two published, peer-reviewed scientific articles concerning akathisia and the risk of suicide for all SSRI drugs, including Zoloft. These articles are entitled "SSRI-Induced extrapyramidal side-effects and akathisia: implications for treatment," Journal of Psychopharmacology, 12(2)(1998), pp. 192-214: and "Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor-Induced Serotonin Syndrome: Review," Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 17(3)(1997), pp. 208-22. As Lane writes, these conditions are sometimes hard to detect and diagnose, although not so hard to treat. E.G."SSRI-Induced akathisia is a relatively rare event but it is frequently unrecognized when it does occur." For this reson., it is imperative that both physicians and their patients be forewarned and alerted.
Footnote2: Dr Cathryn Clary, testifying von behalf of Pfizer, admitted that Zoloft can cause akathisia during a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition in Motus v. Pfizer, Inc., F.Supp.2d 1085 (C.D.Cal.2000). Dr Clary testified as follows:
Q Is akathisia also known as hyperkinesia?
A.Yes.
Q And both akathisia and hyperkinesia ar considered extrapyramidal symptoms or disorders?
A Yes. Akathisia is considered an extrapyramidal symptom or disorder, as is hyperkinesia. But again, there could be other causations. These terms are also similar to agitation, psycho motor agitation. It often could be very difficult to tell the difference between.
Q Do you agree that Zoloft can cause some people to experience akathisia or hyperkinesia?
A Yes.
Q How long has this been established, to your knowledge?
a I'm sure there were reports of the initial clinical trials of the depression database, depression studies that were occurring back in the 1980's.
12. Pfizer has warned neither the medical community nor patients of the risks documented by Dr. Lane's publications and other scientific literature. In fact, Pfizer sent a company-wide memorandum instructing the Pfizer sales force not to distribute Dr. Lane's article to prescribing physicians. [...]
13. On March 22, 2004, the FDA requested that all SSRI manufacturers warn of the above condition and, while most manufacturers complied with this request ...Pfizer has yet to do so.
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