Drug makers to profit from mentally ill kids

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Drug makers to profit from Bush scheme to label kids mentally ill
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/031505Pringle/031505pringle.html

March 15, 2005—Citing recommendations by the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC), George W. Bush wants to launch a nationwide mental illness screening program in government institutions, including the public school system, for all students from kindergarten up to the 12th grade.

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One program is the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), a medication treatment program that screens people for mental illness and then prescribes highly profitably psychiatric drugs.

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In Texas, the list of medications to be prescribed was established by what was termed, an "expert consensus" and drugs recommended for first line treatment, included high-priced drugs such as Paxil, Zyprexa, Adderall, Zoloft, Risperdal, Seroqual, Depakote, Prozac, Wellbutron, Zyban, Remeron, Serzone, and Effexor.

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Eli Lilly has well known ties to the Bush administration. After he left the CIA in 1977, Bush Senior became a member of Lilly's board of directors. When he left the company to become vice president under Reagan in 1980, he forgot to mention that he owned stock in the company at the same time that he was lobbying for tax breaks for the company, even though it manufactured drugs in Puerto Rico, where continental US-based companies pay no federal income taxes. Bush Junior made Eli Lilly CEO Sidney Taurel a member of the Homeland Security Council.

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1. yes, I have read about this initiative last year. it is under the radar

and gets NO msm attenion.

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3. this program established by executive order!!--reform the mental

health sytem. IMO--anything that bush wants to reform--we best watch out. This program bypassed Congress!!



......The New Freedom Commission was established by an executive order Bush issued on April 29, 2002. According to a July 22, 2003, press release, the commission recommends transforming America's mental health care system.

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2. No surprise here

Everything Bush does is geared towards benefiting his corporate masters.

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4. FDA Halts Distribution of Paxil CR

FDA Halts Distribution of Paxil and Avandamet
http://www.legalnewswatch.com/news_548.html

Source: PR Newswire
Published: March 07, 2004
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday halted distribution of supplies of antidepressant Paxil CR and diabetes drug Avandamet because of concerns about manufacturing and quality.

FDA officials said manufacturing practices for the two drugs, made by British-based GlaxoSmithKline, failed to meet the standards laid out by FDA that ensure product safety, strength, quality and purity.

However, both the FDA and GSK said they do not believe these products pose a significant health hazard to consumers. Furthermore, GSK said the FDA action would probably result in a shortage of patient supplies for Paxil CR and Avandamet.

Among the violations noted during FDA's latest inspection was the finding that the Paxil CR tablets could split apart and patients could receive a portion of the tablets that lacks any active ingredient, or alternatively a portion that contains active ingredient and does not have the intended controlled-release effect. Additionally, FDA found that some Avandamet tablets did not have an accurate dose of rosiglitazone, an active ingredient in this product.

The FDA urges patients who use these two drugs to continue taking their tablets and to talk with their health care provider about possible alternative products for use until the manufacturing problems have been corrected.
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No news were told to our clients about this. The left over drugs are given to the poor neighborhoods. Isn't that nice.