Time with a Congressman - need facts

[Guest guest]

Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

FDA.

Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just say, " 200,000

people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where did

this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found, the

number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any other

hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

greatly appreciated.

The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a list

of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

think might be feasible?

I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know that

it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right? Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

FDA.

Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just say, " 200,000

people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where did

this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found, the

number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any other

hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

greatly appreciated.

The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a list

of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

think might be feasible?

I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know that

it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right? Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

FDA.

Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just say, " 200,000

people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where did

this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found, the

number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any other

hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

greatly appreciated.

The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a list

of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

think might be feasible?

I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know that

it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right? Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

FDA.

Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just say, " 200,000

people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where did

this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found, the

number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any other

hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

greatly appreciated.

The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a list

of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

think might be feasible?

I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know that

it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right? Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Kerry, a good place to start is to encourage him to look at this bill.

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=38610

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right? Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

Kerry:

HERE ARE MY (reasonable) WISHES:

I wish congress would make two new laws:

1) No one who is employed by the FDA or any other regulatory agency can serve

as a " peer reviewer " , board member, consultant, or any other paid position for

any company, or subsidiary thereof, whose activities they regulate.

2) All DTC print ads for prescription drugs must include the " Patient

Information and Warnings " information and it must be printed in the same size

and style font that the publication uses for the majority of its articles. Ads

must be placed so that the first warning page faces the slick, graphic-laden

color ad (so the reader does not flip past all the fine print without realizing

it). Television and radio ads must include warnings printed in a legible font

size and spoken at a normal rate of speech. (We could call it the " NO SMALL

PRINT " bill.)

I'll work on tracking down some of the info you asked for, too.

ROCK ON!!!!!!

Terry Bearden

Kerry <kerry_inbox@...> wrote:

Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

FDA.

Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just say, " 200,000

people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where did

this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found, the

number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any other

hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

greatly appreciated.

The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a list

of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

think might be feasible?

I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know that

it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right? Thanks!

" ...There are certain things in our nation and in the world about which I am

proud to be maladjusted and about which I hope all men of good-will will be

maladjusted...Through such maladjustment, I believe that we will be able to

emerge from the bleak and desolate midnight of man's inhumanity to man into the

bright and glittering daybreak of freedom and justice. " - Dr. Luther

King, Jr. - December 18, 1963

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[Guest guest]

Kerry

There a couple of things I'd like to see. First I think side effects

should be listed in order of severity so suicide, psychosis and

mania would be listed before dry mouth and nausia.

Secondly and this isn't really associated with the FDA but I would

like to see the Privacy act HIPAA reworked. A wife should be allowed

access to her husband's file and a parent should be able to review

the file of a child even if that child is 18.

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right?

Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

Kerry

There a couple of things I'd like to see. First I think side effects

should be listed in order of severity so suicide, psychosis and

mania would be listed before dry mouth and nausia.

Secondly and this isn't really associated with the FDA but I would

like to see the Privacy act HIPAA reworked. A wife should be allowed

access to her husband's file and a parent should be able to review

the file of a child even if that child is 18.

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right?

Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

Kerry

There a couple of things I'd like to see. First I think side effects

should be listed in order of severity so suicide, psychosis and

mania would be listed before dry mouth and nausia.

Secondly and this isn't really associated with the FDA but I would

like to see the Privacy act HIPAA reworked. A wife should be allowed

access to her husband's file and a parent should be able to review

the file of a child even if that child is 18.

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right?

Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

Kerry

There a couple of things I'd like to see. First I think side effects

should be listed in order of severity so suicide, psychosis and

mania would be listed before dry mouth and nausia.

Secondly and this isn't really associated with the FDA but I would

like to see the Privacy act HIPAA reworked. A wife should be allowed

access to her husband's file and a parent should be able to review

the file of a child even if that child is 18.

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right?

Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

My wish list would include, No insurance company

could refuse to cover anyone who has been on FDA

approved antidepressants.

--- Kerry <kerry_inbox@...> wrote:

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire,

> I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my

> congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce,

> which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally

> witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I

> also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't

> just say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year

> related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of

> places, but where did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help

> directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other

> drugs is found, the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per

> year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general

> practitioners...? Any other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources

> would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful

> to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do

> something. " I need a list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation

> to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing

> antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to

> this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see

> done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I

> don't know that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps,

> right? Thanks!

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

My wish list would include, No insurance company

could refuse to cover anyone who has been on FDA

approved antidepressants.

--- Kerry <kerry_inbox@...> wrote:

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire,

> I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my

> congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce,

> which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally

> witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I

> also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't

> just say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year

> related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of

> places, but where did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help

> directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other

> drugs is found, the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per

> year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general

> practitioners...? Any other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources

> would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful

> to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do

> something. " I need a list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation

> to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing

> antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to

> this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see

> done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I

> don't know that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps,

> right? Thanks!

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

My wish list would include, No insurance company

could refuse to cover anyone who has been on FDA

approved antidepressants.

--- Kerry <kerry_inbox@...> wrote:

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire,

> I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my

> congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce,

> which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally

> witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I

> also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't

> just say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year

> related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of

> places, but where did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help

> directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other

> drugs is found, the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per

> year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general

> practitioners...? Any other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources

> would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful

> to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do

> something. " I need a list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation

> to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing

> antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to

> this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see

> done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I

> don't know that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps,

> right? Thanks!

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

My wish list would include, No insurance company

could refuse to cover anyone who has been on FDA

approved antidepressants.

--- Kerry <kerry_inbox@...> wrote:

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire,

> I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my

> congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce,

> which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally

> witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I

> also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't

> just say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year

> related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of

> places, but where did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help

> directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other

> drugs is found, the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per

> year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general

> practitioners...? Any other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources

> would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful

> to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do

> something. " I need a list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation

> to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing

> antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to

> this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see

> done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I

> don't know that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps,

> right? Thanks!

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

You guys are awesome - keep the info coming! The direct emails I've

received are fine, too. ( " lsyorke " , I tried to email back and it

bounced. Don't know why.)

Anyway, thanks. After what I lost, I just feel like I have to _do_

something.

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right?

Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

A good place to start is keyetv.com, then scroll down and on the left find and

click investigates, Nanci of KEYE News (Austin) has done an excellent job

of reporting on the atypical drugs. Video screen comes up, at the bottom click

to go back to August 2004, where Nanci is reporting on children in Texas

care being drugged, later she finds out why and starts reporting on TMAPS, a

plan started by Bush as Gov. of Texas, just after pharma spent a bundle to get

him elected. Nanci reports what a whistle blower Pennsylvania O.I.G.

investigator found, after she verifies all that is in his report. Then, in Sept.

2004 ongoing, she reports on Fraud and Your Tax Dollars, telling how much

Medicare dollars are spent on high priced and dangerous drugs. Beware, your

Congressman may be one who gets big bucks from pharma or he knows that Bush has

taken his favors to them all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 's report

also verifies the corruptions in the FDA. Take the Congressman a copy of

's report. Effexor, is considered one of the atypical drugs. As you view

the rest of Nanci's reports, you'll see just how far Texas DHS will go to

cover-up for pharma and the rest of the crooks. It's no accident, Texas

legislatures who get their pockets padded by pharma, are giving the directions

to the over-sights, just like found when his superior told him he

could not report any of what he found, because pharma writes big checks to both

parties. The truth is that Republicans get the bulk of the blood money, and they

sure deliver the favors.

Re: Time with a Congressman - need facts

You guys are awesome - keep the info coming! The direct emails I've

received are fine, too. ( " lsyorke " , I tried to email back and it

bounced. Don't know why.)

Anyway, thanks. After what I lost, I just feel like I have to _do_

something.

>

> Hi, All. Mid-August, unless something goes haywire, I'm going to

> have the opportunity to sit down with my congressman, who is a

> member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the

> FDA.

>

> Obviously, I'm going to tell him what I personally witnessed ( &

> previously posted here) regarding Effexor. But, I also need facts

> backed up by their sources. For example, I can't just

say, " 200,000

> people are admitted into psychiatric wards each year related to

> antidepressant use. " I've read this dozens of places, but where

did

> this statistic come from? I could also use help directing me to a

> link where the sales figures for Effexor & other drugs is found,

the

> number of antidepressant prescriptions written per year and how we

> know 70% of them are written by general practitioners...? Any

other

> hard stats you would like to post with their sources would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> The second part of this is that it isn't real useful to just

> say, " Antidepressants are bad. Please do something. " I need a

list

> of things for him to consider, such as legislation to prevent

> general practitioners from dispensing antidepressants, or revised

> FDA warning labels. Whatever! So my question to this group is:

> What's your wish list? What would you like to see done that you

> think might be feasible?

>

> I have a month to pull my documentation together. I don't know

that

> it will affect anything, but every little bit helps, right?

Thanks!

>