Hazards

"Adverse effects of anti-psychotics are 'tip of the iceberg'" by David W. Oaks — last modified 2006-09-13 00:57

This letter to the editor of a medical magazine by a Harvard professor of neurology warns that neuroleptic drugs are "grossly over-prescribed and overused."

USA jury slams psychiatric drugging with $1.6 million verdict by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-03-26 09:32

A USA jury delivered a major victory to a woman harmed by a psychiatric drug-induced condition known as tardive dyskinesia (TD).

A Mix of Medicines That Can Be Lethal by Mark T — last modified 2007-09-21 15:42

Psychiatric drugs administered along with other prescriptions (psychiatric polypharmacy) often leads to fatal results. Libby Zion, whose premature demise resulted from ingesting a prescription cocktail, was administered an anti-depressant and a painkiller, both of which targeted the 18 year old college student's central nervous system. Such deaths and related polypharmacy traumas have become increasingly common, yet most doctors remain unaware of the potential adverse side effects of such neurotoxic cocktails. As of 2005, researchers report, more than 85 percent of doctors were “unaware of the serotonin syndrome as a clinical diagnosis.”