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Below, news and links relating to medications. As always, CHOICE cannot be responsible for the accuracy of information found at any other web site. Nor should information obtained here ever substitute for advice from a physician whom you trust.


[item]Need free medications? Click here. 

If you have no insurance or Medicaid, some pharmaceutical companies will, upon request from a physician, issue medications.  Check which companies and what they require at this valuable site.

item:Medication: Salvation or Damnation       Content seen nowhere else

A powerful memoir of one recipient's experience.

[item]Prozac: Viewpoints

Prozac Survivor
A comprehensive hot list of sites devoted to adverse reactions
Fluoxetine
Straight technical data
Lilly USA: ProzacŪ (fluoxetine hydrochloride)
Pharmaceutical Company promotional material

alt.support. survivors.Prozac
An Internet discussion group, via e-mail
The Prozac-Pez World Wide Web Site
Just for fun


[item]Antidepressant Can Change Personality Traits In Healthy People

Researchers have found that personality traits previously thought to be immutable could change dramatically under the influence of medications. Is "cosmetic psycho-pharmacology" next?

[item]Pharmacies Fail to Warn Consumers of Potentially Fatal Drug Interactions

More than half the pharmacies tested in a 1996 survey did not warn consumers that the prescriptions they were filling could, if taken together, be dangerous or even deadly. Pharmacists should have either given counseling, offered to call the doctor or refused to fill the prescriptions.

The results, published by US News and World Report, indicate geography plays a role in how likely it was that a consumer would receive the vital information. In some cities, half the pharmacists failed to raise alarm, while in others, virtually all either refused to fill the prescription or did so with stern warnings.

Written warnings, when they were included, were often insufficiently detailed.

Consumers need to take the admonition to "consult with your physician if you are taking other drugs" seriously. Simple over-the-counter medications can, if taken in combination with other drugs, have life-altering effects.

item:Article: "Hanky Panky in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
Reprint of three essays charging unethical practices by pharmaceutical companies and medical journals in the monitoring of adverse drug reactions.

item:You Have Been Asking About... Risperidone
Currently the best-selling drug for the treatment of schizophrenia.

item:Healthtouch - Drug Information
A searchable index: just enter the first few letters of the medication you need information about. This site has links to an number of reputable Health Resources.

item:International Coalition for Drug Awareness
Clearinghouse for information regarding adverse prescription drug reactions.