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Omaha Shooter Robert Hawkins Had Been "Treated" For ADHD, Depression

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I hate to be accurate about this grisly prediction, because I grieve for the families of those lost to pharmaceutically-induced violence, but the truth is that until we stop drugging our children with psychotropic drugs, the shootings are not going to stop. Big Pharma is to blame for this one, not the manufacturer of the gun. That gun has a trigger, you see, and the trigger was pulled by a finger. The finger was connected via a series of nerves to a brain, and that brain was altered by psychotropic drugs.

Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation

Charles Barber
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Psychotropic drugs— Marketing—United States—History. 3. psychotropic drugs industry—Moral and ethical aspects—United States. 4. Biological psychiatry—United States—History. 5. Psychiatry—United States—History. 6. Deceptive advertising—United States. [DNLM: 1. Mental Disorders—drug therapy—United States. 2. Drug Industry—United States. 3. Drug Therapy—utilization—United States. 4. Psychiatry— trends—United States. WM 402 B234C 2008] I. Title. RC483.B28 2008 616.89' 18—dc2 2 2007028541 www.pantheonbooks.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition

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Xerostomia Treatment (for increasing salivary flow in patients treated with psychotropic drugs): 6 mg 3 times daily (Bagheri, 1997). literature i Adler LE, Hoffer L, Nagamoto HT et al., Yohimbine impairs P50 auditory sensory gating in normal subjects. Neuropsychopharmacology;\Q(A).2A9-51, Jul 1994. Bagheri H, Schmitt L, Berlan M, Montastruc J, A comparative study of the effects of Yohimbine and anetholtrithione on salivary secretion in depressed patients treated with psychotropic drugs. Eur J Clin Pharmaco I; 52(5):339-42, 1997. Berlin I, Crespo-Laumonnier B, Cournot A et al.

Too Profitable to Cure

Brent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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The increased use of psychotropic drugs, particularly antidepressants, provides a case in point.) Why hasn't the doctor taking care of your child questioned the use of these drugs? In March 2004, the FDA was compelled to tell the makers of 10 antidepressant drugs that they must tell doctors and patients using these drugs that both adults and children need to be closely monitored for worsening of depression and thoughts of suicide. In City Pages.

Interview: Raw food guru David Wolfe explores the healing energy of living foods

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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These children have aggressive behavior and suicidal behavior just because these 20 percent are dosed on psychotropic drugs. In my heart, I know that the technology you're talking about is the solution to this. Raw foods are the solution to these issues. Wolfe: We know the solutions to our problems. This is very important for people to understand, and if you're in this field for a long enough time -- not just the field of raw foods, but just alternative health and nutrition, and even alternative lifestyles -- you do realize that all the solutions have been found.

Transdermal Magnesium Therapy

Mark Sircus
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Millions of children are now taking psychotropic drugs, which are causing catastrophic problems that are going unreported. For a tragic trip into the violent hell these drugs are causing please read Evelyn Pringle's FDA Forgot A Few ADHD Drug Related Deaths and Injuries at http:// usa.mediamonitors.

Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation

Charles Barber
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In 2004, a report said that more than a million American kids were taking psychotropic drugs, and 11 million antidepressant prescriptions were written for them.84 When I asked a troubled teenager, himself taking antidepressants, if he talked about his medication with his peers, many of whom were also taking psychiatric drugs, he said no. "Is that because you're a little embarrassed about it?" I asked. "No, no. It's just not that interesting to anybody . . . Just kind of boring," he said.

Kevin Miller's New "Generation Rx" Documentary Exposes Mass Betrayal of Children by FDA, Big Pharma

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The highly corrupt Food and Drug Administration didn't "accidentally" approve psychotropic drugs that just happened to kill children, you see: The administration knew that SSRI drugs (antidepressants) were killing children for well over ten years! The FDA then went out of its way to bury the evidence, colluding with prominent drug companies to hide key documents while hastening the approval of dangerous drugs and keeping the public ignorant of the true risks from consuming them. Kevin Miller's Generation Rx covers all this (and more) in heart-wrenching detail.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition

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Bagheri H, Schmitt L, Berlan M, Montastruc J, A comparative study of the effects of Yohimbine and anetholtrithione on salivary secretion in depressed patients treated with psychotropic drugs. Eur J Clin Pharmaco I; 52(5):339-42, 1997. Berlin I, Crespo-Laumonnier B, Cournot A et al., The alpha-2 * adrenergic receptor antagonist Yohimbine inhibits epinephrine-induced platelet aggregation in healthy subjects. Clin Pharmacol Ther: 49(4):362-369, 1991. Bharucha AE, Novak V, Camilleri M et al., Alpha-2 adrenergic modulation of colonic tone during hyperventilation.
Salivary Effects: Yohimbine (18 mg daily) increases salivary flow in patients treated with psychotropic drugs (tricyclic antidepressants or neuroleptics) suffering from xerostomia (Bagheri, 1997). * clinical trials Body composition/exercise performance Twenty athletes (top-level male soccer players) were allocated to two randomly assigned trials to investigate the effects of yohimbine supplementation on body composition and exercise performance. Subjects ingested tablets that contained either yohimbine at a dose of 20 mg/day in two equal doses or cellulose (placebo) for 21 days.

Omaha Shooter Robert Hawkins Had Been "Treated" For ADHD, Depression

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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The finger was connected via a series of nerves to a brain, and that brain was altered by psychotropic drugs. The brain wasn't functioning like a normal, healthy, well-nourished brain; it was functioning like a zoned out "zombie" brain permanently distorted by psychiatric drugs. Sending a teenager out into the public doped up on mind-altering drugs that we KNOW are linked to violence -- and jacked up on junk foods (he worked at McDonald's) -- is a certain recipe for disaster.

Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer

Shannon Brownlee
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In 2 002, doctors wrote nearly eleven million prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for kids between the ages of one and seventeen. Rates of pediatric prescriptions for the stimulant Ritalin, which is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, have been going up dramatically along with rates of * For anyone who has found relief from depression by taking an SSRI, the fact that the drugs have proved no more effective than a sugar pill in clinical trials undoubtedly seems more than a little strange.

Omaha Shooter Robert Hawkins Had Been "Treated" For ADHD, Depression

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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When disturbed young boys are doped up on psychotropic drugs that promote violence -- and they're drugged by the hundreds of thousands -- it's like playing a national game of Russian roulette (with apologies to Russia). Sooner or later, another kid whose mind has been altered by Ritalin, Prozac or some other drug is going to walk into yet another school or mall and start killing people. This kind of behavior is a direct product of chemical-based psychiatric "treatment.

Are antidepressant drugs an accomplice in the Virginia Tech shootings? (opinion)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Why do we continue to drug up young people in this country with psychotropic drugs that we know are closely associated with violent outbursts? Giving young men antidepressant drugs is, in my opinion, just like building silent timebombs and waiting around for one to suddenly go off.

Tyranny in the USA: The true history of FDA raids on healers, vitamin shops and supplement companies

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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With the market for psychotropic drugs so consistently profitable, and with Scientology gaining momentum in helping millions of people overcome severe emotional and mental problems, this E-meter had to be taken out of play… and fast! To do so, the FDA filed a "libel of information" with a U.S. District Court, after which Judge William B. Jones ordered a warrant authorizing the arrest of the E-meters. Yes, the meters themselves were to be arrested. The warrant also authorized the arrest of "an undetermined number of items of written, printed or graphic matter.

The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology

Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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Ribose has been used in patients taking all forms of cardiovascular, neuromuscular, and psychotropic drugs, all without report of adverse reactions. Many of the more common cardiovascular drugs, most notably inotropic agents, have been studied in association with ribose. In every case, there has been no effect on the action of the drug. With studies in inotropic agents, the metabolic action of ribose in cellular energy metabolism actually helped the drug perform better. Further, ribose does not cause any hemodynamic (circulatory) effects or cause changes in blood pressure, either up or down.
Clinical studies have shown that coenzyme Q10 supplementation can improve EKGs in patients taking these psychotropic drugs, and we recommend its use to help offset their potential adverse effects. Another area of possible concern is the use of coenzyme Q10 in patients taking Coumadin, a commonly prescribed blood thinner. Coumadin is used to prevent blood clotting in atrial fibrillation, valvular problems, and other medical problems where clot formation (embolus) is a concern.

PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition

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The effect of silymarin on plasma levels of malondialdehyde in patients receiving long-term treatment with psychotropic drugs. Curr Ther Res; 55:537-545, 1994. Pares A, Planas R, Torres M et al. Effects of silymarin in alcoholic patients with cirrhosis of the liver: results of a controlled, double-blind, randomized and multicenter trial. J Hepatol; 28(4):615-21, Apr 1998. Peeters H (Ed.). Phosphatidylcholine. Biochemical and Clinical Aspects of Essential Phospholipids. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1976. Rambaldi A, Jacobs BP, Iaquinto G, et al.

The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology

Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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Another group of drugs known to inhibit coenzyme Qi0-dependent enzymes is a class of psychotropic drugs including phenothiazines and tricyclic antidepressants. We often see patients in our practices with arrhythmia, congestive heart Adverse Events Reported for Long-Term Usage of Coenzyme Qio in 5,000 Patients Epigastric discomfort: 0.39 percent Decreased appetite: 0.23 percent Nausea: 0.16 percent 4. Diarrhea: 0.12 percent 5. Elevated LDH: rare 6. Elevated SGOT: rare failure, and cardiomyopathy that have also been on these drugs over a long period of time.

Top 20 things that are more dangerous to children than lead paint in Mattel toys

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Antidepressant drugs Children as young as six months old are now being put on psychotropic drugs such as SSRIs (antidepressants). These drugs, we now know, cause suicidal thoughts and violent behavior, especially in young boys. They imbalance brain chemistry and even alter the body's metabolism of sugar, promoting diabetes and leading to rapid weight gain. These drugs are so dangerous that feeding them to children should be considered a crime. Every single school shooting involving a child in the United States in the last 15 years has been linked to antidepressant drug use. Need I say more?

The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing

Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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Then, if everything else is not sufficient to bring about improvement, I would use psychotropic drugs if I had to, but I would try to keep them at the lowest possible dose and I would use nutrients and other dietary supplements to minimize their side effects." In 1955, Dr. Abram Hoffer and several colleagues published a paper in which they showed that nicotinic acid lowered cholesterol levels but that you had to give 3,000 mg per day.
Atkins, "be considered before the use of nonphysiologic psychotropic drugs, which have more potential for toxicity." Acupuncturists also have had a great deal of success with obsessive-compulsive disorder. In some situations, their treatment has proven to be more effective than medication. Patient Story: Bulimia_ The woman was 4 7'years old, a psychotherapist with a doctoral degree who had been treating patients with eating disorders for almost 15 years. She herself had bulimia—about five binge-purge episodes per day for the last 34 years.

Are antidepressant drugs an accomplice in the Virginia Tech shootings? (opinion)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Legal systems are likely to continue to be faced with cases of violence associated with the use of psychotropic drugs, and it may fall to the courts to demand access to currently unavailable data. The problem is international and calls for an international response.

Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health

J. Douglas Bremner
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Doctors treating children with mental disorders often do just that, prescribing psychotropic drugs for children for uses not approved by the FDA, in many cases cheered on by representatives of the companies that make the drugs that the doctors are prescribing. A study of children in Tennessee's Managed Care program for Medicare showed that the number of prescriptions for antipsychotics doubled in a five-year period ending in 2001. During this time, one in every one hundred children became a new user of an antipsychotic.

Health news from a parallel universe (satire)

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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More antipsychotics for children, coming right up Although we would never do such a silly thing in our own universe, FDA officials in Allopathia recently approved yet more psychotropic drugs for children. Yes, it's true: Children in Allopathia all suffer from underdiagnosed pharmaceutical deficiencies, requiring them to be treated with yet more chemical in order to "balance" their brain chemistry. The latest chemical, known as Risperdal, belongs to a class of mind-altering drugs that may also cause rapid weight gain.

Gunpoint medicine: Teenager arrested, jailed for refusing TB treatment at hospital

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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General Practitioners send patients home with prescriptions for dangerous COX-2 inhibitor drugs, diabetes drugs, statin drugs and psychotropic drugs that kill, at minimum, tens of thousands of Americans every year through heart attacks, strokes, liver failure and suicides. Where is the call to protect the public from these dangerous chemicals that are causing casualty numbers resembling a world war? Where is the effort to protect the public from all the dangerous cancer-causing food additives like sodium nitrite? Hydrogenated oils? Chemical preservatives and sweeteners?

The iRiver PMP-100 series: A product with the typical strengths and weaknesses of Korean technology

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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I'm not sure what kind of psychotropic drugs the creator of the PMP was on when they decided to put these buttons in this particular arrangement, but I hope that person has since gone through a serious detox program. The software that comes with the PMP-100 series from iRiver is about the worst video conversion software I've ever seen. It's extremely slow and renames all your files with a pre-pended word "converted" so that your original file names aren't conserved.

Medicine at gunpoint: Seattle mother arrested for "kidnapping" her own baby to seek alternative treatments

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Big Pharma profits even further by drugging millions of children with expensive psychotropic drugs, including amphetamines like Ritalin and antidepressant drugs known to promote suicidal behavior. Consumer backlash gains strength The use of these tactics helps explain why critics of conventional medicine describe these times as, "The Dark Ages of medicine.

Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill

Kelly Patricia O'Meara
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Until the psychiatric community is called upon to provide conclusive scientific evidence that the nearly 400 disorders listed in the American Psychiatric Association's (APA's) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) are not merely subjective clinical diagnoses but rather objective, confirmable abnormalities of the brain, the debate surrounding the benefit or risk of psychotropic drugs seems moot.

Healing foods, herbs and nutrients reference sites to be launched; Update from Truth Publishing

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None of the most popular psychotropic drugs currently being prescribed to children (for ADD, depression, etc.) has ever been approved for use in children by the FDA. ... and many more surprising facts. There's much more to come, so stay tuned. We'll be launching videos shortly, too, giving you yet another way to connect with useful content. Once again, thank you for your continued support. We are dedicated to bringing you more outstanding articles, reports and videos in the months ahead.

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