The Antidepressant Fact Book What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, And Luvox

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ISBN: 9780738204512 | 073820451X
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Copyright: 7/12/2001

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Known as "the Ralph Nader of psychiatry," Dr. Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless court cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has given him unprecedented access to private pharmaceutical research and correspondence files, information from which informs this straight-talking guide to the most prescribed and controversial category of American drugs: antidepressants. From how these drugs work in the brain to how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; from the documented side and withdrawal effects to what every parent needs to know about antidepressants and teenagers, The Anti-Depressant Fact Book is up-to-the minute and easy-to-access. Hard-hitting and enlightening, every current, former, and prospective antidepressant-user will want to read this book.

A Reader Alert

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Acknowledgments

xvi

Introduction Drug Facts You Cannot Get Anywhere Else

(1)

Too Little Skepticism

(1)

Unique Sources of Information

(1)

Getting Inside the Drug Companies

(2)

Hiding the Facts

(1)

Quietly Settling the Cases

(2)

ONE The Meaning and Purpose of Depression

(18)

The Most Common Causes of Depressed Feelings

(1)

Mired Down in Depressed Feelings

(1)

The Special Vulnerability of Depressed Children

(1)

When Nothing Helps

(1)

Not a Disease

(1)

Even Whole Cultures

(1)

Depression Occurs in a Context

(1)

Selling ``Depression'' as a Disease

(1)

The ``Official'' Definition of Depression and Antidepressant

(2)

Unanswered Questions

(7)

TWO Damaging the Brain with SSRI Antidepressants

(16)

The Myth That Millions of Users Are Living Proof of a Drug's Safety

(1)

Closely Related Drugs

(1)

How SSRIs Work

(1)

The Nature of Serotonin

(1)

Limits of the Serotonin Theory

(1)

The Complexity of the Serotonin System

(1)

Disrupting the Serotonin System

(2)

The Brain Fights Back

(1)

Evidence for Permanent Damage and Dysfunction from SSRIs

(1)

More Evidence for SSRI-Induced Brain Damage

(2)

Drug Company Responses to the Danger of Permanent Damage

(1)

Looking for the Critical Research

(2)

Anticipating the Nature of Permanent Dysfunction

(2)

THREE Dangerously Stimulating the Brain and Mind with Antidepressants

(19)

No Scientific Doubt

(1)

All of the SSRIs

(1)

The Stimulant Profile

(1)

Causing Mania

(3)

Burying the Mania Threat

(2)

Hiding the Truth from the Beginning

(1)

Deciding to Cover Up the Stimulating Effects

(2)

Dissent Within the FDA

(1)

Summing Up the Stimulant Pattern

(2)

The Insidious Danger of Akathisia

(1)

Variability in Patient Reactions

(3)

FOUR Multiple Additional Risks When Taking SSRI Antidepressants

(10)

Lemonade out of Lemons

(2)

Common Adverse Reactions in the Body

(1)

Cardiovascular and Bleeding Problems

(2)

More Prozac Problems

(1)

Extrapyramidal Reactions and Tardive Dyskinesia

(2)

Fertility, Pregnancy, and Nursing

(1)

Pituitary Gland Dysfunction

(1)

Throughout the Body

(1)

FIVE How SSRI Antidepressants Can Ruin Love and Family Life

(5)

Impairing Our Self-Perception

(1)

Love and the Brain

(1)

The Mechanism of SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

(1)

SSRI Indifference

(1)

SIX Depression and Suicide Caused by Antidepressants

(16)

The FDA Knew from the Beginning

(1)

Learning from Science and Clinical Experience

(1)

Many Drugs Cause Depression

(1)

Antidepressants, Mania, and Depression

(1)

Prozac-Induced Suicide

(2)

More Evidence from Drug Company Data Confirming Antidepressant-Induced Suicide

(1)

The ``Smoking Gun''

(1)

Driving Patients to Suicide with Akathisia

(1)

Additional Reports Confirming Antidepressant-Induced Suicidality

(1)

Seeking a Suicide-Free Prozac

(1)

Making People More Depressed with Antidepressants

(1)

The Mechanism of Causing Depression and Suicide

(1)

Antidepressants Do Not Prevent Suicide

(1)

SEVEN Criminal Behavior and Violence Caused by Antidepressants

(14)

Playing at Being ``The Saint''

(3)

Taking Care of the Dog

(2)

Ending in Physical Violence

(2)

A Natural Desire to Hold People Responsible

100

(1)

Antidepressants, Mania, and Violence

101

(1)

The Danger of Agitated Depression

102

(1)

FDA Recognition of Drug-Induced Violence

103

(1)

Drug Mechanisms for Causing Violence

104

(1)

Epidemiological Evidence from the FDA

105

(2)

EIGHT Dangerous Drug Interactions and a Genetic Vulnerability to Severe SSRI Toxicity

107

(5)

The Serotonin Syndrome: Much too Much of a Supposedly Good Thing

107

(1)

More than the Liver Can Handle

108

(1)

A Missing Enzyme in the Liver

109

(1)

More than the Plasma Proteins Can Contain

110

(2)

NINE Special Dangers of Treating Children with SSRIs

112

(11)

Growing Numbers of Children on SSRIs

113

(1)

Hazards to the Child's Brain

113

(1)

The Vulnerability of Children to Adverse Reactions

114

(1)

Confusing the Issue of Drug-Induced Mania in Children

115

(1)

SSRIs and School Shooters

116

(1)

Scientific Reports Linking to SSRIs for Children

117

(2)

Allowing the Prescription of Unauthorized Drugs to Children

119

(1)

Evidence for the Usefulness of SSRIs for Children

120

(1)

A Situation Entirely Out of Control

120

(1)

Forcing Parents to Drug Their Children

121

(2)

TEN Withdrawal Problems When Stopping Antidepressants

123

(11)

How Drugs Cause Withdrawal Reactions

123

(1)

An Example from a Non-Prescription Drug

124

(1)

Lack of Physician Awareness

124

(1)

Rebound Versus Withdrawal

125

(1)

Interdose Withdrawal

126

(1)

Withdrawal from the Older ``Tricyclic'' Antidepressants

126

(1)

SSRI Withdrawal Symptoms

127

(1)

The Most Common SSRI Withdrawal Problems

127

(1)

The Most Dangerous SSRI Withdrawal Reactions

128

(1)

Differences in Withdrawal Reactions Among SSRIs

128

(2)

The Danger of Irreversible Withdrawal Reactions

130

(1)

Anticipating How you Might React to Withdrawal

130

(1)

How to Handle Withdrawal from SSRIs

131

(1)

Ten Principles for Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs

131

(3)

ELEVEN Physical Conditions That Cause or Worsen Depression

134

(10)

The Elusive Biochemical Imbalance

135

(1)

Physical Disorders That Can Cause Depression

136

(1)

Medications as the Casue of Depressed Feelings

137

(1)

Psychiatric Drugs Known to Cause or Worsen Depression

137

(2)

Some Recreational Drugs That Can Cause Depression

139

(1)

Medical Disorders That Commonly Cause Depression

139

(3)

The Importance of a Good Medical Evaluation

142

(1)

Diet and Depression

142

(2)

TWELVE No Such Thing As an Antidepressant

144

(9)

Reviewing All the Recent FDA Studies

144

(1)

Drug Company Tricks

145

(1)

More Evidence That Antidepressants Do Not Work

146

(1)

Growing Recognition of Drug Company Influencae

147

(1)

The Myth That Drugs Are Tested on Thousands of People Before They Are Approved

148

(1)

The Myth That Millions of Users Are Living Proof of a Drug's Efficacy

148

(1)

SSRIs as Panacea

149

(2)

The Limits of FDA Approval

151

(2)

THIRTEEN From Lobotomy to Electroshock and Brain Stimulation

153

(15)

Stopping Psychosurgery on Little Children

155

(1)

Taking on the Harvard Surgeons

156

(1)

Deep Brain Stimulation

157

(1)

Causing Insanity

158

(1)

Trying to Stop Shock Treatment

159

(1)

Electrical Closed-Head Injury

159

(1)

The Targets of Shock Treatment

160

(1)

Failing to Tell the Truth

160

(1)

Scientific Evidence for Brain Damage and Dysfunction from Shock

161

(2)

The Promotional Campaign for Shock Treatment

163

(1)

ECT for Suicide Prevention

164

(1)

Committing Violence Under the Influence of Shock Treatment

164

(1)

What Should Be Done About Shock Treatment?

165

(1)

Transcranial Stimulation

166

(1)

Light Therapy

166

(1)

Your Doctor's Condition

167

(1)

FOURTEEN The Safety and Efficacy of Natural Remedies

168

(5)

The Usefulness of Some ``Alternative'' Treatments

169

(1)

St. John's Wort

169

(2)

Other Remedies

171

(2)

FIFTEEN How Drug Companies Can Deceive the Courts, the Medical Profession, and the Public

173

(9)

Caught in the Middle of a Fix

175

(1)

Withholding Evidence from Their Own Expert

175

(1)

The Testimony

175

(2)

The Jury Verdict

177

(1)

The Final Outcome

177

(1)

My Own Reactions

178

(1)

The Growing Impact of Drug Companies

179

(1)

The Role of the Federal Government

180

(2)

SIXTEEN How to Overcome Depression: Suggestions for Patients and Therapists Alike

182

(19)

The Moral Context of Therapy

183

(1)

Drugs Versus Therapy and Life

184

(1)

Psychotherapy for Depression

185

(1)

What to Expect from the Therapy Relationship

186

(1)

The Effect of Depressing Personal Relationships

187

(1)

The Effect of Depressing Therapy Relationships

188

(2)

Identifying Depressing Relationships

190

(1)

Helping Very Depressed People

191

(1)

Welcoming the Depressed Feelings

192

(2)

Dealing with Emotional Emergencies

194

(1)

Expressing My Views on Drugs to Patients

195

(1)

A Few Words for Therapists

196

(1)

The Importance of Limiting the Therapy Relationship

196

(1)

Love Is Not Enough

197

(1)

The Importance of Relationship

198

(1)

The Challenge of Being and Ethical Person and Therapist

199

(1)

Doctors Who Practice Drug-Free Therapy

200

(1)

Appendix A: The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology

201

(2)

Appendix B: Ethical Human Sciences and Services

203

(2)

Notes

205

(6)

Bibliography

211

(7)

Index

218

(8)

About the Author

226

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