Drugs Are Good For You
Jan 24th, 2008 at 5:26 am by Susie
I was thinking about this last night and wondering what role prescription medication played in Heath Ledger’s death. Apparently the possibility isn’t as off the wall as they used to insist:
After decades of inattention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines, the Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug makers to study closely whether patients become suicidal during clinical trials.
The new rules represent one of the most profound changes of the past 16 years to regulations governing drug development. But since the F.D.A.’s oversight of experimental medicines is done in secret, the agency’s shift has not been announced publicly.
The drug industry, however, is keenly aware of the change. Makers of drugs to treat obesity, urinary incontinence, epilepsy, smoking cessation, depression and many other conditions are being asked for the first time by the drug agency to put a comprehensive suicide assessment into their clinical trials.
I am the director of Novus Medical Detox. We regularly see the problems of prescription drug abuse–often not planned but prescribed by doctors to treat symptoms. If you want to understand more about how the drugs really work go to novusdetox.com and look at the articles under the Update tab on the first page.