Effects of Luvox, etc.
[I have not checked all this information and sites.
Use your own good sense.
Forest ]
Here are some articles to get you started. Please note, that the last one is >from the manufacturer's site. I was UNABLE to confirm the statement made re >mania, however it is repeated in several articles. Unfortunately they don't give any specific research info, and it is unavailable (so far that I am able >to find) on the net. Someone needs to confirm the research and give location >of data before they start spreading this around. People like me get bit >all the time because we believe what we read. Especially when it sounds >*believable*.
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On April 29 the Washington Post confirmed that Eric Harris, the leader in the Littleton tragedy, was taking the psychiatric drug Luvox at the time of the murders. On April 30 the same newspaper published a story quoting expert claims that Luvox is safe and has no association with causing violence. In fact, Luvox and closely related drugs commonly produce manic psychoses, aggression, and other behavioral abnormalities in children and young people.
Luvox is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) that is approved for children and youth (up to age 17) for use in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. However, doctors often give it for depression, since it is in the same SSRI class as Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil. According to the manufacturer, Solvay, 4% of children and youth taking Luvox developed mania during short-term controlled clinical trials. Mania is a psychosis which can produce bizarre, grandiose, highly elaborated destructive plans, including mass murder. Interestingly, in a recent controlled clinical trial, Prozac produced mania in the same age group at a rate of 6%. These are very high rates for drug-induced mania--much higher than those produced in adults. Yet the risk will be even higher during long-term clinical use where medical supervision, as in the case of Harris, is much more lax than in controlled clinical trials. These drugs also produce irritability, aggression or hostility, alienation, agitation, and loss of empathy.
Reports suggest that Eric Harris may have had a relatively good family life. If so, it adds to the probability that he was suffering from a drug-induced manic reaction caused by Luvox. The phenomenon of drug-induced manic reactions caused by antidepressants is so widely recognized that it is discussed several times in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and many times in The Physicians' Desk Reference. I have lectured widely and written extensively about violence in association with taking SSRI antidepressants in Talking Back to Prozac (St. Martin's Press, 1994) and Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry (Springer Publishing Company, 1997). I have testified as a medical expert in three teenage cases of murder in which SSRIs were implicated in playing a role. In one case, a sixteen year old committed murder and tried to set off multiple bombs and incendiary devices at the same time. I have also testified in cases of adult murderers who were under the influence of SSRIs, including one mass murder of twelve people followed by suicide. The comparisons to Littleton are obvious.
Psychiatric drugs including Ritalin and Prozac have also been taken by at least one other school murderer (Kip Kinkle). Psychiatric drug use is only one of the contributing factors to the episodes of school violence. However, it is one of the most easily prevented factors. There is strong scientific evidence to support the view that SSRIs should not be given to children and teenagers.
Talking Back to Prozac
by Peter R. Breggin, MD
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Information on effects of Luvox was also presented on Wednesday, Nov. 10 on KGA Radio, Spokane, Washington at:
http://www.clearandcorker.com/home.htm
More info on this subject:
From: edl@wco.com (Ed Loomis)
We have to fight this with cold hard logic supported with clear and concise facts rather than sarcastic hyperbole. The latter may sound good until you see yourself in a sound bite on the six o'clock news. A well articulated argument will make the AMA sanctioned drug pushers slither back under their rocks. http://www.breggin.com/ contains good information on the side effect of psychoactive drugs currently being given to children. http://www.junkscience.com contains a lot of good debunking of medical claims as well as others. Be warned, you may have bought into junk science years ago and this site could shock you. The DDT FAQ is outstanding. There are links here to take you to other sites where more information about the medication in question may be available.
Find out the manufacturer of this drug and check out their web site. Many of these sites have the phamacology posted for their products.
Thanks
Dan Loomis
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