Lawsuits, filed in federal courts in New Jersey and California allege that Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, the manufacturer of Ritalin, and the American Psychiatric Association, conspired to create a market for Ritalin and expand its use. Stories appearing in the September 14, 2000 issue of the “New York Times” and the Sept 15 “On Health with
read more“US panel calls for research into effects of Ritalin”. This is the title of an article appearing in the December 5th 1998 issue of the British Medical Journal. The article goes on to say that the National Institutes for Health consensus panel called for “urgent clarification of the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (ADHD)
read moreAn Associated Press story published on July 5, 2006 reports on a new study that raises concern over even the recommended maximum usage of the common pain killer. The original study published in the July 5, 2006 Journal of the American Medical Association, (JAMA), looked at 145 healthy adults in 2 US inpatient clinical pharmacology
read moreSeveral articles and stories have recently come to light concerning a connection between certain antidepressant drugs such as Prozac and Zoloft, and suicides. In the May 15th 2000 issue of the Boston Globe appeared a story that revealed the links between these drugs and suicide. This article cited internal documents from Eli Lilly and Co.,
read moreSeveral articles in the February 2001 issue of the British Medical Journal discuss the actual benefits that childhood colds and infections play on developing a normal and healthy immune system. According to the articles, having many older siblings; attending day care at an early age; growing up on a farm and in frequent contact with
read moreUnder the category of “strange but true”, according to the October 2002 issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, research has shown that duct tape is more effective at removing warts than standard medical treatment. The study was conducted at the Madigan Army Medical centre near Tacoma, Washington. In the research 51 patients
read moreEven with the threat of serious adverse drug reactions, drug usage has not decreased. In an article in the January 7, 1999 New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that, “Prescription drugs are the fastest-growing component of personal health expenditures amounting to $78.9 billion in 1997.” This rate of consumption is growing at an
read moreAn article in the July 7, 2005 Washington Post starts off by saying, “Abuse of prescription drugs is epidemic, with teenagers the fastest growing group of new abusers.” They also note that this problem has drawn little attention from health and law enforcement agencies, physicians, pharmacists and parents. The article reports on a study by
read moreFor the first time in history in the State of Florida, more people died from overdoses of prescription drugs than from illegal drugs. This statistic reported in the June 8, 2002 St. Petersburg Times came from a report of the 24 medical examiners in Florida for the year 2001. The article noted that there were
read moreOn September 9, 2004, a startling report titled, “2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” was issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. The study was a good-news, bad-news scenario in that it showed that fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but
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