passing ineffective drug control laws feels like we're doing *something*. But trying to fight Big Pharma to keep us from getting slaughtered at the hands of a someone acting out *because* the drugs they are on .... fugheddabouddit.
shag
At 11:40 AM 12/20/2012, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>FYI: The Antipsychotic Prescribed To Adam Lanza Has A Troubled History All
>Its Own
>http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/report-adam-lanza-was-on-fanapt.html
>----- Fanapt was the subject of a Bloomberg report when it passed
>regulators, after previously getting the "nonapproval" stamp. Why wasn't
>it approved, you might ask? There are many reasons, some of which have to
>do with competing entities in a competitive market. The main cited reason
>for the rejection was that it caused severe heart problems in enough
>patients to cause a stir. Maybe more importantly, though, Fanapt is one of
>a many drugs the FDA pumped out with an ability to exact the opposite
>desired effect on people: that is, you know, inducing rather than
>inhibiting psychosis and aggressive behavior. From Drugs.com, side effects
>of the drug Fanapt: Psychiatric Psychiatric side effects including
>restlessness, aggression, and delusion have been reported frequently.
>Hostility, decreased libido, paranoia, anorgasmia, confusional state,
>mania, catatonia, mood swings, panic attack, obsessive-compulsive
>disorder, bulimia nervosa, delirium, polydipsia psychogenic,
>impulse-control disorder, and major depression have been reported
>infrequently. In fact, Fanapt was dropped by its first producer, picked up
>by another, initially rejected by the FDA, then later picked up and mass
>produced. The adverse side-effect is said to be "infrequent," but still it
>exists, and can't be ignored. The reaction invoked by the drug in some
>people is reminiscent of the Jeffrey R. MacDonald case, where a Green
>Beret slaughtered his entire family and then fabricated a story about a
>marauding troop of "hopped up hippies". MacDonald though, had Eskatrol in
>his system, a weight-loss amphetamine that's since been banned in part for
>its side effects of psychotic behavior and aggression. These drugs are not
>the only ones that can cause the opposite of their desired effect. Several
>anti-depressant medications are also restricted to adults, for the
>depression they inspire in kids rather than eliminate. ---- FC -- During
>times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act
>Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un
>Acto Revolucionario - George Orwell ___________________________________
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