Judge Rules That Prozac Induced Murder

The ruling from the Judge who stated that Prozac adverse drug effects drove a 16-year-old boy to stab a friend to death is now online via Peter Breggin's website.

Breggin was an expert witness in the trial and his evidence prompted the Judge, Robert Heinrichs, to conclude, "Dr. Breggin's explanation of the effect Prozac was having on C.J.P.'s behavior both before that day and in committing an impulsive, inexplicable violent act that day corresponds with the evidence"


Breggin's written report in the case stated, "At the time of the assault, [C.J.P] was suffering from a Prozac-Induced Mood Disorder (292.84) with manic features (especially extreme irritability) caused by Prozac." Breggin went on to emphasize that, within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, he would not have become violent without the exposure to Prozac, and he will not become violent again."

Full story HERE

Pete Breggin, I salute you.



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Judge Agrees Prozac Made Teen a Killer.

It's always difficult writing about murder, particularly as it may upset the family of the victim. Many families who seek justice through the courts would no doubt feel that there is simply no excuse for anyone who takes the life of another - self-defence may be a decent argument, pleading insanity may also be a first line of defence... but what about murder induced by prescription medication?

Well, a Manitoba judge has ruled that a Winnipeg teen was driven to commit an unprovoked murder because of the adverse affects of taking Prozac. The Judge, Robert Heinrich, came to this conclusion after listening to the testimony of Psychiatrist Peter Breggin MD.

PRLOG reports:

This was the first criminal case in North America where a judge has specifically found that an antidepressant was the cause of a murder.

The case involved a teenage high school student with no prior history of violence who, while chatting in his home with two friends, abruptly stabbed one of them to death with a single wound to the chest. The boy had been taking Prozac for three months, during which time his behavior deteriorated. He became impulsive and unpredictable, and suicidal. He also began to talk at times as if fantasizing about violence. He seemed to become a different person to his distraught parents. Dr. Breggin testified that his primary care physician and his parents alerted the prescribing psychiatric clinic to the boy’s deteriorating condition, but the clinic continued the Prozac and then doubled it. Seventeen days after the increase in dosage, the teen committed the violence.

The news first broke in the Winnipeg Press on 17 September and can be viewed HERE

As a parent I would find it difficult to accept that a prescription drug had caused someone to murder my child but knowing what I know about this class of drugs [SSRi's] and having experienced homicidal thoughts myself whilst taking and withdrawing from Seroxat [Paxil] I am in no doubt that SSRi medication can cause feelings such as homicidal thoughts. It's well documented that antidepressants can cause suicidal thoughts yet kind of sniffed at when homicide is mentioned as an adverse side effect.

A life is a life, whether it be your own or someone else.

Pharmaceutical companies and medicine regulators all over the world have been told of the link time and time again. They have chose to ignore, blaming the "illness" instead of the medication.

They will no doubt refute the findings of the Judge in this particular case, the same as they do with other claims of antidepressant related homicidal crimes.

I fully expect the bog-standard reply from an Eli Lilly spokesperson, it will no doubt be along the lines of, "Prozac has benefited millions of people worldwide."

They fail to tell you about those it has not benefited or those that have taken their own lives or the life of another whilst on it.

Recommended reading: - The Power to Harm: Mind, Medicine, and Murder on Trial

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FDA Warns that Seroxat Makes Depressed Adults Suicidal

By Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

Getting the FDA to move forward by presenting it with scientific data is like using a peacock feather to tickle a sleeping giant tortoise on its shell. Many people die before the agency opens its eyes and then it barely reacts at all.

Peter R. Breggin, MD Reposts

Paxil Special Report I Court Filing Makes Public My Previously Suppressed Analysis of Paxil's Effects

Peter R. Breggin, MD

Published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry 8, 77-84, 2006

Product liability cases against drug companies like GlaxoSmithKline are often settled with an agreement that the potentially incriminating data found in the drug company files will be sealed or kept secret. In the case of Lacuzong v. GlaxoSmithKline, my report disclosed extensive manipulation of data concerning Paxil's adverse effects, including rates of suicidality, psychomotor agitation (akathisia), and over-stimulation.

In a subsequent lawsuit against the company, my report was unsealed and is now available to the public. I placed the entire report on my website and published three scientific articles based on it. This is the first of the three articles.

As a medical expert, I was empowered by the court to examine hundreds of cartons of drug company files contained in GSK's sealed record room. These files included Food and Drug Administration (FDA) correspondence and all of the company's worldwide clinical trials and drug reports for Paxil.

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Paxil Special Report II How GlaxoSmithKline Suppressed Data on Paxil-Induced Akathisia: Implications for Suicidality and Violence

Peter R. Breggin, MD

Published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry 8, 91-100, 2006

Since the publication of my first special report concerning how the manufacturer of Paxil hid and manipulated data concerning Paxil-induced suicide, in May 2006 the drug company GlaxoSmithKline issued a letter to Healthcare Providers confirming that depressed adults of all ages taking the antidepressant have an increased rate of suicidality compared to depressed adults taking placebo. This special report is the second in a series demonstrating that GlaxoSmithKline hid or manipulated data that years ago indicated that Paxil increases the risk of suicidality and other dangerous adverse mental effects of the drug.

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Paxil Special Report III Drug Company Suppressed Data on Paroxetine-Induced Stimulation: Implications for Violence and Suicide

Peter R. Breggin, MD

Published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry 8, 255-263, 2006

This third report focuses on the role of Paxil-induced central nervous system stimulation in causing violence and suicide and the manner in which GSK obscured or disguised the antidepressant's stimulating effects. Akathisia can be viewed as a form of central nervous system stimulation, and therefore this current report dovetails with the second report.

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