Antidepressants and criminal behavior

Article Abstract:

Nearly one million people in the UK take the supposedly 'safe and effective' selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class of antidepressant drugs, but a small fraction of these become dangerously violent after taking these drugs. Several British prison inmates are serving sentences for crimes for which they are not fully responsible as they were committed under the influence of SSRIs, but these individuals could be released without any danger to society if their medication is appropriately adjusted and supervised.

Antidepressant Preparations, Prisoners, Psychological aspects, Drug use, Antidepressants, Serotonin uptake inhibitors, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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Over-the-counter statins?

Article Abstract:

The UK Medicines Control Agency in July 2004 gave a go signal to pharmacists to sell the powerful statin class of cholesterol-lowering drug without doctor's prescription while the in January 2005 the US Food and Drug Administration took a contradictory decision. The debate over the issue of buying cholesterol-lowering drugs without doctor prescription is discussed in context for some facts in support of the argument and some against the argument.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Lipotropics & Cholesterol Reducers, Laws, regulations and rules, Anticholesteremic agents, Nonprescription drugs, United Kingdom. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

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'Volunteers wanted for trial of new drug'

Article Abstract:

A drug is tested extensively in laboratory on animals and is then tested on human volunteers, who are healthy and those who suffer from the condition for which the drug is developed. However, sometimes tests do not go as planned and volunteers may develop serious conditions due to the side effects of the drug, therefore a new set of rules is being considered for drug development and testing.

Product development, Science & research, Public affairs, Anticancer Drugs, Ethics, Chemotherapeutic Drugs, Research, Pharmaceutical industry, Risk factors, Drug therapy, Ethical aspects, Antineoplastic agents, Human experimentation in medicine, Human medical experimentation, Mandatory drug testing, Drug testing, Lymphocytic leukemia, Antimitotic agents

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