Posts belonging to Category SSRI'
Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on February 1, 2010
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Old news. Had the ’scientific” journals reported the real and total science in the firest place, had the marketers not gagged the investigators (see the fiasco of how the unpublished data on Paxil bordered on the criminal) the fad of SSRI medications would never have been tolerated.
Where were the “experts” on [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on January 22, 2010
Dr. Weeks Clinic: Some straight thinking about the relative worthlessness (compared to placebo or exercise or vitamin B shots or even tryptophan) of SSRI antidepressants. And yet more difficulty getting straight answers about … side-effects.
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The Antidepressant Dilemma
The latest news about antidepressants and depression is worth taking seriously
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on December 14, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Let’s review – A medical doctor is a doctor of “medicine” (just as a juris doctor is a doctor or teacher or law, and a doctor of philosophy teaches philosophy). Medical doctors are not trained in aspects of health, nutrition, lifestyle modification or elegant management of mental or spiritual aspects of life. [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on October 13, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: The drug, approved for U.S. use in 1992, generated about $942 million in sales last year, 2.1 percent of Glaxo’s total revenue.
Michelle David had claimed that her 3-year-old son Lyam Kilker suffered life-threatening heart defects because she took Paxil while she was pregnant with him.
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/64094382.html
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on September 28, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: This is only big news because 1 in 10 Americans are on antidepressant medications (yikes!)
SSRIs: New study demonstrates a 100-500% Increased Risk of Heart Birth
Defects If Taken In Early Pregnancy
http://www.drugawareness.org/recentcases/ssri-100-500-increased-risk-of-heart-birth-defects-if-taken-in-early-pregnancy
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on August 7, 2009
Dr Weeks Comment: SSRI medications and alcohol abuse. Worth investigating?
Note from Dr. Tracy: After researching and warning for two decades that this crisis with alcohol consumption would come, I can tell you the reason so many women are now drinking is because they are the main ones taking antidepressants which in turn cause overwhelming [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on June 12, 2009
Paragraph three reads: “‘It’s fairly well known that SSRI antidepressants negatively impact erectile function and ejaculation. This study goes one step further, demonstrating that they can cause a major increase in genetic damage to sperm,‘ says Dr. Peter Schlegel, the study’s senior author. ‘Although this study doesn’t look directly at [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on June 4, 2009
Dr. Weeks’ Comment:
Corrective Health involves correcting the problem, not using synthetic chemicals which work by poisoning enzyme pathways (drugs) . Many drugs have serious life-threatening side-effects. There is benefit too, often life saving – but side-effects can be a deal breaker.
At first we had the Prozac defense (murdering someone with impunity while in a semi-sleep [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on June 4, 2009
By Ann Blake Tracy see www.drugawareness.org
After spending 20 years working to educate the public about antidepressants, the majority of these posts demonstrate I have accomplished almost nothing!! Media advertising does FAR MORE than research ever thought of doing in the way of educating the public!!
After spending 17 years as [...]
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Posted by Brad Weeks, MD on June 2, 2009
Paragraph 20 reads: “Apathy disorder also has been suggested for inclusion in the DMS. Experts have argued apathy can occur alone, or in conjunction with such other conditions as Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and stroke. It is also a side-effect of antidepressants, sedatives and other psychotropic drugs.”
http://www.windsorstar.com/Health/Bitterness+touted+sanctioned+mental+disorder/1650895/story.html
Bitterness touted as sanctioned mental [...]
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