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PETITIONS
Petition for a public enquiry into Kendall House, Gravesend, Kent by Teresa Cooper of www.no2abuse.com
Incapacity Benefit by Cecilia Weightman
Smoking in Mental Health Units Stubbing Out Our Rights Petition by Becky Derham
NHS Whistleblowers by Dr Amit Bhattacharyya
Save the Henderson by Christopher Allen
DLA Review by Jim Allison
stop the abuse of patients who are under the care of Psychiatrists/Psychotherapists by Sophia
for mental health direct payments by Paul Tovey
kill bill vol 2 -the draft mental health bill by Miranda Morland
zoneranger uk travelcard by Miranda Morland
freedom to participate by Miranda Morland
Stop schools taking childrens fingerprintswithout parental permission by David Flint-Johnson
race equality petition by Matilda MacAttram of Black Mental Health UK
Scrap Lord Carters Legal Aid Reforms by Cathie Halliday
Change the Statute of Limitations Act by Teresa Cooper
Stop victims of child abuse being abused again by the Law Of Limitation by Jim Browne
justice for the victims of state sexual abuse
smart justice for young people by smart justice
public awareness of mental illness by Natalie Grace Hunter aged 10
alter NHS mental health care by Terry Tuffs
care for children by Richard E Akehurst
murder in films by Malcolm Handoll
right to refuse drug or other medical treatments by Jean Cozens
exempt mental health wards from smoking ban by Sam Malone
diversity Yes - intolerance No by party of european socialists
kiss it! xx against psychiatric assault by Catherine Ingram
justice for victims of abuse by acal
tell truth-not lies by petitionthem.com
free simon hall by the justice 4 simon team
stand up for social care by community care magazine
stop teenscreen's in america by Theresa Rhoades
we deserve to know the truth about the safety of our prescription drugs by Nuria O'Mahony
a seat for every commuter during rush hour we all have the right to sit down
Copy and send this letter to Andrew Voneschenbach of the FDA
andrew.voneschenbach@fda.hhs.gov and a bcc copy to fieldactivities@cchr.org
"just one drop"
we can make a change by making these people responsible for the havoc they wreck on our lives
Mr Voneschenback,
We request that the FDA fulfill your obligation to the publics safety and interests and attach the "black box" warning on all ADHD drugs immediately.
Recently, the FDA held hearings on "ADHD" drugs due to numerous reports of hallucinations and psychosis attributed to them. And while the FDA panel did recommend new warning language for these drugs, the panel refused to issue "black box" warnings – the agency's most severe warning label.
There has been a lot of public outcry about millions of children being prescribed ADHD drugs with increasing reports of the drugs causing suicide, psychosis and hallucinations. A few months ago, a leading cardiologist recommended the FDA issue black box warnings due to reports of heart attack, stroke and sudden death from ADHD drugs. So this latest FDA panel --which included psychiatrists with ties to the pharmaceutical industry – had to take some action – so issued increased warning language about the drugs. But why not the black box? Because the FDA appears to be more interested in protecting psychiatric/pharmaceutical interests, than in the public's safety.
When black box warnings are issued, drug manufacturers have to disclose the risks in all advertising.
This is why many of the experts and medical doctors attending the FDA hearing on ADHD drugs called it a sham and said that the FDA yielded to the profit-driven psychiatric/pharmaceutical industry.
The Deputy Director of the Office of Drug Safety himself has stated, "…. products that carry box warnings also have to carry that in their advertising and quite frequently that makes it quite difficult to explicitly advertise that product in direct-to-consumer advertising."
The FDA's own mission statement says it is responsible for "protecting the public health and ensuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs ." So again we ask you to display black box warnings on these drugs – and remind you that you are here to protect the public's safety and interests–- not psychiatric pharmaceutical interests.
