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The Evidence, However, Is Clear: The Seroxat Scandal

Bob Fiddaman

Sniff Sniff - Nasal Spray to Beat Depression

Those wacky scientists are at it again. Not content with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors to increase the levels of serotonin in the human brain in pill shape form, they now, it appears, are on the verge of releasing a nasal spray that can help beat depression!

According to the Daily Mail:

"The spray, based on a natural brain chemical, could be effective within two hours, compared to several days for some of the most widely used antidepressant drugs.

"The liquid is released at the top of the nose and is designed to penetrate the brain areas involved in mood".

The Daily Mail cites that the trial is being carried out at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, where researchers are investigating the use of the spray containing neuropeptide Y.

A quick browse of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine clinical trials page shows the following:

Intranasal Administration of Neuropeptide Y in Healthy Men

ID Number 05-0986
Principal Investigator(s)
Adriana Feder

Department(s) or Division(s)
Psychiatry

Description
The purpose of this study is to help understand how Neuropeptide Y, a natural substance found in the brain that can regulate stress and anxiety, can be effectively delivered to the human body. Male volunteers who have no history of psychiatric illness, are in excellent physical health, and have no history of nasal or spinal disorders or surgery may be eligible to participate.


Contact Information
Gang Wu
(212) 241-9336
gang.wu@mssm.edu

Recruiting Patients: Yes

The new trial, which involves 15 volunteers aged 25 to 45, is designed to investigate how well the spray and neuropeptide Y work in the brain, and the effects will be compared with a placebo.

I'm left wondering if the placebo will be inserted through the nasal passage as well?

This isn't the first time nasal sprays have been touted as 'alternatives' to pills. In fact, the Daily Mail has reported on many nasal sprays in the past.

The nasal spray that could help fight Alzheimer's

British scientists develop nasal spray that could stop the flu virus from laying you low

New nasal spray could protect from deadly meningitis and pneumonia

Nasal spray can stop miscarriage

The sweet smell of success: Scientists invent memory-boosting nasal spray

Nasal spray to help impotence

Nasal spray hailed as latest HRT treatment

The articles continue including a love hormone spray that could help shy people at parties, a 'cuddle' spray that could ease symptoms of autism, a spray that reduces brittle bone risk and a spray that protects you from bird flu.

So folks, if the 'depression' spray gets the go-ahead you will no longer have to wait for the pills to 'kick-in'. Within two hours your depression will apparently be beaten into submission with the aid of a nozzle and a liquid formulation that gets straight to the root of the problem - quite where that root is, is still, as yet, unknown.

So, not only do you have antidepressant addiction to look forward to, you also have nasal spray addiction to look forward to as well! [See Rhinitis Medicamentosa]

I wonder if these wacky scientists have thought about suppositories to cure depression? I can just see the advertising slogan. "Do you sit at parties, do you wish you could be more active and dance the night away? Ask your doctor for 'Arseache' and rest assured that you will sit no longer at parties.

"Arseache comes in different sizes. Tapering with a special arse nozzle is recommended should you choose to wean off Arseache."

Funny...but I seriously wouldn't put it past them!

Fid


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Please Sir...May I Have Some Ritalin-style medication?

A shocking report surfaced via the Guardian newspaper today with news that UK children, as young as four, are being given Ritalin type drugs, which has prompted a national review by a leading psychological society.

Prescription rates, based on data given by 459 GP's, were highest for children aged six to 12, doubling to just over eight per 1,000 in the five years up to 2008. Children aged 13 to 17 had the second highest rate at six per 1,000.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [N.I.C.E.] said they were concerned that children under six should not be receiving drugs at all.

The UK, as I have said time and time again on this blog, are now following in the steps of America. There is no 'what if we follow', it's happening now and something needs to be done about it.

The Guardian reported that a five-year-old from the West Midlands was found to be receiving a double dose of Ritalin, the drug used to treat "ADHD", despite his school insisting that he is "among the best-behaved children in his class".

The Guardian continues with:

In notes seen by the leading educational psychologist in the case, the boy's headteacher reports that the school does not believe he has ADHD, but that the medication is being prescribed "to help mum at home".

In another case in the West Midlands a five-year-old was put on the drugs for three years at the request of his parents without any consultation with teachers or psychologists.

What sort of society have we become when we allow a dangerous drug to become our children's babysitter - that's the reality of it all. Parents have the quick fix at hand, they are practically giving their children a plastic bag to play with, a box of matches...all those things we were warned about when we were children. "Keep away from the edge of the platform", "Don' t talk to strangers", "Look both ways when you cross the road"

Sound advice. But what we are forgetting, or maybe ignoring, is these types of drugs are just as dangerous as suffocating with a plastic bag, burning yourself with a box of matches, a busy road, a stranger or standing on the edge of a platform. The difference being, parents are told that they are safe, they are effective. The men in white coats tell them little Johnny will be right as rain after a few weeks on the pills or that little Julie needs to increase her dosage due to the fact that she is becoming violent.

Parents fall for it. With the white coated men comes a sense of belief, of trust, a God-like figure who has been through med school so he/she knows exactly what they are talking about.

Ironically, I met with two volunteers from CCHR yesterday in my hometown of Birmingham. I shared a coffee with Sarah and Vicky and we spoke at length about kids in Birmingham being drugged. We brainstormed about ways to put a stop to this. It would appear that parents have to go back to school to get educated, don't expect any help from the UK medicines watchdog, the MHRA, they are all too busy taking the money from the pharmaceutical companies and pussy-footing around with statistics that are clearly wrong. In any event, they are powerless to do anything about this problem. They can issue warning letters to GP's throughout the UK but GP's are not forced to act upon them. Beggars the question why the MHRA have the audacity to use the tagline, "Safeguarding human health" - they are obviously not, particularly where our children are concerned.

Of course the pro-pill pushers [Psychiatry] deny they are doing anything wrong. This from the Guardian:

But Dinah Jayson, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at Trafford general hospital and a spokesperson for the Royal College of Psychiatrists, insisted that in some cases it could be "cruel" not to treat children of any age if all other options had been exhausted.

She said: "With every child there is a risk of doing something but there is also a risk of doing nothing. We know early [medical] intervention can help children who would otherwise be losing out."

Jayson, who earlier this year was quoted in another UK newspaper, is a firm believer that ADHD is a developmental condition characterised by inattention and difficulty concentrating, along with hyperactivity and impulsivity. She also told the Daily Mirror:

Those with it are at much higher risk of getting into trouble at school and falling into crime, substance abuse, and broken relationships, if untreated.

So where did this ADHD suddenly appear from? Why wasn't it recognised when I was still at school?

Remember when you were at school? There was always one kid who played up a lot, normally they would be less intelligent than the rest of the class, hence the disruption. I'm no psychologist but it's quite easy to fathom out why a kid is disruptive. It's borne out of frustration, in essence it's a child screaming from within, "TEACH ME, TEACH ME." Either that or the kid is just totally bored by the teacher quoting the Pythagoras theory or the difference between stalactites and stalagmites.

You want to change how children behave? Make education more interesting, don't give them a drug that will turn them into a dribbling suicidal wreck.

I cannot for the life of me understand why people put their faith in the headshrinkers, they are a breed who prescribe these drugs without any knowledge of how these drugs work. They'll tout the chemical imbalance theory to unsuspecting parents, sadly, the parents will believe them. Doctor's or psychiatrist's don't lie, do they?

Outside of school, the children go home to the latest computer console system or sit in front of a monitor leaving messages to friends on their Facebook walls, the same friends who probably live within walking distance of their keyboard. But that's okay, it leaves mom and dad to get on with what needs to be done around the house.

As a youngster I was never in, I chose to play out, running, playing football, Postman's knock [a kissing game with local girls] I'd even knock the door and run, it was all good fun back then, it was fresh air and exercise. These days a kid will go into school and tell his friends about the wonder goal he scored... on his PS2...or is it 3? I just can't keep up with technology these days.

Of course, I generalise. Not all parents are like this, neither are their children but it's only a matter of time before Mrs Jones tells Mrs Smith at the school gates that her son has calmed down so much since he was put on this wonder pill prescribed to him by the family doctor. "Oh, the change is fantastic, he no longer wants attention, he just goes to his room and plays quietly, there are the odd times when he still has an outburst but we just give him his pills and everything is back to normal again." [normal]

I only hope Mrs Smith doesn't have to tell Mr Jones some years down the line that her son killed himself.

The evidence is out there in abundance. Far too many children have died by suicide whilst on these types of medication, far too many have self-harmed, far too many have committed crimes.

Don't let your child become one of the above. Ask you doctor about the drug he is prescribing your child. Write his answers down if you have to. Then go home and do your homework and research the brand name of the drug. If it's Ritalin [which seems to be the psychiatrist's choice of weapon these days] Google 'Ritalin forum' - you should be educated enough to know which ones are pharma funded and which ones are patient run.

Still unsure?

Watch the powerful documentary, 'Dead Wrong: How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child' and don't be fooled into thinking that it won't happen to your child.

The Guardian article can be read HERE

You can watch 'Dead Wrong: How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child' HERE

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COMING SOON - FIDCAST

Coming soon to this blog will be a series of podcasts with advocates, bloggers, patients, parents and other like-minded individuals.

If you have something to say and you wish to get it off your chest by way of a podcast, then feel free to email me at fiddaman64@blueyonder.co.uk

It will be different from your run of the mill podcasts, offering a slot to unsigned artists and advertising/sponsorship for businesses.

For an opportunity to advertise/sponsor, I will be offering 15-30 second slots during each of the podcasts. It would be preferable if you have your own company jingle in mp3 format. For more information please contact me.

More information over the coming weeks.

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2011 CCHR Human Rights Awards Banquet

Copyright CCHR International

A gathering of like-minded people.

A show of solidarity in the fight against the drugging of children.

A feeling of an intense connection with those you meet.

That was the Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles on Saturday 12th February as the Citizens Commission on Human Rights [CCHR] hosted their 43rd annual award ceremony - count them folks, that's 43.

I learned last year that I had been chosen to receive an award at this years event, along with two far more worthy winners than I, in Amy Philo and Celeste Steubing.

It's pretty difficult, even for the likes of me, to put into words of how proud I was to be amongst such strong advocates. To have ones work recognized by the biggest bad ass movement out there is very humbling. Uplifting isn't a word I would normally use for an event that highlights death and family destruction, in this instance I can think of no better description.

I have met so many wonderful people, each with their own sad stories to tell, each with hearts full of kindness, love and camaraderie. CCHR are without a shadow of a doubt the masters of creating awareness. A room with 1200 people was evidence of that, as were the tears of finally realising that no parent has to suffer the death of their child to psychiatric drugs alone.

Here we have an organisation who pretty much grab this sick and twisted industry by the bollocks and don't let go until they get a result.

I'm scratching my head hard here to think of another organisation, that gives power to the people, who can boast the achievements that CCHR can.

Okay, I don't want to sound like I'm sticking my tongue down the back of their trousers or in the LA Hubs instance, skirts - they pretty much know how I feel about them. I love them to bits for what they have done...and what they continue to do.

I got to meet many familiar names I had only previously seen via the medium of blogs/websites, even met new faces whom are now firm friends.

Folk from all over the world attended this years event, Brits, Canadians, Americans, Japanese... many more.

You see, CCHR and I are alike in as much that we have a pretty 'bang on' sense of humour. What could piss off GlaxoSmithKline more than Bob Fiddaman getting an award for basically highlighting their dark history? With a wry smile someone at CCHR thought it would be highly entertaining to sit me around a table with the office of Baum Hedlund Attorneys. A classic two finger salute to the Paxil/Seroxat Pushers.

The event was a red carpet affair complete with tuxedos and stunning frocks, I opted for the tux before anyone shouts "Fid is a transvestite!"

I am deeply honoured to be recognised by the whoop ass machine that is CCHR. I am deeply humbled to share in the experiences of the mothers I met, Celeste, Maria, Sheila, Christian, Amy, Mathy, each with heart-wrenching stories, each with the courage and strength to keep on fighting against the very same people that caused them heartache.

I feel privileged to sit at the very same table as the Baum gang, even more privileged to visit their offices and to share lunch and dinner with them. Here we have a law firm that do what they do because they don't like what they see. It's not about money for Baum, it's about the victims.

I've been hugged by a zillion people, chaperoned around Hollywood, been treated like a movie star because there's a bunch of people across the pond who can actually see what I have been up against during my time writing this blog. Special thanks to the British actor, Hal Ozsan, who presented me with my award with a very touching introduction.

Watch this space folks - I'm about to embark on a journey that will see a whole bunch of us kick some New Zealand psych's ass into the middle of next week, a Prozac pusher with no empathy and one who has a complete disdain for human life. I'm with the sisterhood on this one.


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Profit Driven Swine Flu Propaganda - Pump Up the Volume Part IV

Pic: nydailynews.com



"Those in control of the mainstream media have joined together with public health officials to provide the pharmaceutical industry with the best swine flu promotional campaign that money can buy."

Part IV of Evie Pringle's Swine Flu Propaganda can be read in full HERE

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