WELCOME TO THE
SSRI WITHDRAWAL SUPPORT SITE
A UNITED KINGDOM BASED SITE
SSRIs ARE SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS
Although SSRIs and SNRIs are powerful psychotropic drugs, each with a surprisingly long list of potentially serious adverse effects, they are increasingly being prescribed for non psychiatric symptoms such as pain, anti-smoking aids, hormonal problems, weight problems, sexual dysfunction, grief, anxiety, etc. A list of dubious 'mental disorders' grows longer and longer as the powerful pharmaceutical industry seduce influential figures for the purpose of increasing their already enormous profit levels.
After a long, courageous fight against the odds by caring and ethical people such as Dr David Healy and Charles Medawar of Social Audit, assisted by good reporters for The Guardian, BBC Panorama, Richard Brooke of UK's MIND organisation and others, some effective headway was finally made in 2003, and the struggle is still ongoing. Discover how this was achieved and follow how things are progressing here and in other countries by clicking on the Info Board link on the left. Share your views in the Forum. Talk to family, neighbours, friends, doctors, and teachers. It CAN be stopped by informed people speaking out.
YOUR LIFE MATTERS! You CAN make a difference. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
WARNING! IT CAN BE MEDICALLY HAZARDOUS TO DISCONTINUE SSRIS ABRUPTLY!
This page was last updated: March 10, 2008
ONE OF THE CURRENT ISSUES OF INTEREST BEING MONITORED:
MARCH 2006: WHY HAS THE UK's MHRA FORBIDDEN SWEDEN TO RELEASE SUICIDALITY DATA ON THE FAILED SNRI, STRATTERA, NOW BEING APPROVED FOR CHILDREN WITH ADHD AND WHY HAVE THEY APPROVED IT WHEN THEY BANNED SSRIS and SNRIs SUCH AS EFFEXOR AS DANGEROUS FOR CHILDREN?
UPDATE AUGUST 06: Swedish Court Releases Strattera Document to Public .
THE DATA SHOWS 10,988 ADVERSE PSYCHIATRIC REACTIONS REPORTED ON STRATTERA IN LESS THAN
3 YEARS. WHY DID THE REGULATORS HIDE THE DATA?
UPDATE NOVEMBER 06: THE MHRA requested that ELI LILLY SUBMIT DATA on the 10,988 adverse psychiatric reactions reported, but ELI LILLY IGNORED THOSE REQUESTS. RATHER THAN ENFORCE the request,
THE MHRA HAVE CHOSEN **NOT** TO INVESTIGATE THE THOUSANDS OF PSYCHIATRIC ADVERSE EVENTS reported to them, and did not investigate THE 600 CASES of SUICIDALITY, but instead have opted to issue warnings only of the CARDIAC RISKS.
Would this be because when a child dies of a DRUG-INDUCED HEART ATTACK, it is difficult for the MHRA and the Manufacturer to avoid scrutiny and litigation, but when a child dies due to DRUG-INDUCED SUICIDE, the MHRA and Manufacturer can deny drug involvement, having not investigated the evidence, and so again put the suicide down to an underlying disorder?
UPDATE MARCH 08: Link to CORRESPONDENCE between investigative journalist J Larsson and the MHRA, the latest being 9th March to PROFESSOR KENT WOODS, CEO of the MHRA and is a continuation of correspondence protesting at their FAILURE TO ACT in accordance with their written statement and protect children from being harmed by the psychiatric adverse effects of Strattera reported to them.
“We keep watch over medicines and devices, and we take any necessary action to protect the public promptly if there is a problem.” MHRA
Dedicated to 12 YEAR OLD KARA BAKER and the many other children who lost their lives to prescribed psychiatric drugs and to all those like 12 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER PITTMAN who lost his childhood & future while on those medications.
This site is in NO WAY AFFILIATED WITH ANY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY and receives NO FUNDING OR PAYMENTS OF ANY KIND FROM ANYWHERE. This is different from many so-called 'non-profit' organisations, some of whom receive considerable pharmaceutical or 'stakeholder' finance in ways that do not have to be disclosed but does ensure industry influence on the website content. Many of those organizations act as front groups for the pharmaceutical industry. In response to various comments received: This site is NOT run by scientologists, NOT anti-psychiatry and NOT anti-pharma, but in what way would being so negate EVIDENCE of scientific misconduct presented herein anyway? We ARE anti BAD psychiatric, pharmaceutical and regulatory practices leading to bad science & bad medicines which have a devastating and sometimes deadly effect on many.
VIDEO BY PSYCHIATRIST
DR BOB JOHNSON
'CURING MENTAL PAIN"
WATCH IT
(Dr Bob is author of 'UNSAFE AT ANY DOSE')
VIDEO with PSYCHIATRIST
DR DAVID HEALY
'MIND GAMES"
WATCH IT
(Dr Healy is author of '"Let them eat Prozac")
