Monthly Archives: July 2012
UK’s Leading Antidepressant Causes Heart Problems
The European Medicines Agency announced a study last fall that found the UK's most widely prescribed antidepressant, Citalopram, causes 3x more cardiac abnormalities, including...
Glaxo Paid Dr. Drew $275k to Promote Wellbutrin
Part of the case against GlaxoSmithKline settled yesterday involved the company's use of paid experts to promote non-FDA approved uses of its drugs. One...
Brain Imaging Shows Trauma-Related Differences in DID
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) has a complicated and controversial history. In this study, published in PLoS 1, researchers from London and the Netherlands explore...
New York Attorney General’s Office Should Take a Bow For GlaxoSmithKline’s Record Breaking Fine
I was glad to see that the New York Times' reporters covering GlaxoSmithKline's $3 billion settlement tipped their hat to former New York Attorney...
Spanking is Associated With Mental Illness
Canadian researchers, publishing today in the journal Pediatrics, find that physical punishment such as spanking is associated with an increased risk of mental disorders....
Glaxo to Pay $3 Billion for Unapproved Marketing of Paxil & Wellbutrin
In agreeing to settle the largest case of health care fraud in U.S. history, GlaxoSmithKline pled guilty today to marketing Paxil for teens and...
