April 26, 2007

04-26-2007 Media Madness

Eli Lilly says it's provided the FDA with all relevant data concerning side effects of Zyprexa, including data related to yesterday's news that the company may have misreported some hyperglycemia data in 2000. What's weird is the person stating this on behalf of Lilly is the company's director for Iceland and Denmark. No press release from the company. Weird.

Stop the presses: Eli Lilly sponsored a survey of the most romantic cities in America, apparently in connection with its ED drug Cialis. Pittsburgh is number one. Seattle doesn't make the top 10--no shit!

Depression Introspection has an account of some nasty shit at a psych hospital. Ugh, read it. I cannot bring myself to summarize it. It's rough stuff.

Yet another excellent post from the Last Psychiatrist on Cho. It hits upon a theme which I'll take up later. He's definitely onto something.

Consumers Union has a press release out calling for the US Senate to reform FDA safety regulations via a pending bill. I hope the Senate does. Most useful would be some stricter post-marketing safety monitoring and reporting of patented medications. Among many other things.

A doc at UCSF pushes for more defined diagnoses in the DSM for hypomania and mixed states. A nice intellectual point, but this will do what for the average patient.

Yet another depression linked to pain study. Yeah, I know the docs have linkage data to support the thesis, but I think you can link depression to so many things. Stress, education, poverty, not getting laid and so on. But as long as the pain and depression thing doesn't lead to anyone with a bad back being thrown onto Cymbalta or something, then whatever.

Women who smoke during pregnancy are being pathologized. How about just calling them stupid?

The Harvard Mental Health letter asserts that bipolar disorder is difficult to diagnose in children. Up to 30 percent of kids dx'd as bipolar later receive an ADHD dx. Discuss in commments!

Meanwhile, a social worker in New York narcs out the psych profession for over-medicating kids.

Soulful Sepulcher has an interesting post on mental illness and religion.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at April 26, 2007 11:22 AM
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I haven't been too many places, so I wouldn't dream of putting Seattle on the "Top Ten" of the Eli Lilly sponsored Most Romantic," but are you all checking out the list? NEVER would I think of Pittburgh (#1), Salt Lake (are you kidding? #2).

When I dream of leaving this city for a romantic getaway, it very rarely involves a destination in this country.

But what is Eli Lilly doing with this, anyway? $$$$$
Nice to know they are always looking out for our health...

Posted by: Magen Byrd at April 26, 2007 04:52 PM

"Up to 30 percent of kids dx'd as bipolar later receive an ADHD dx."

At that age, how can you really tell the difference? I mean, they're kids. I, for one, didn't have an attention span when I was 8.

But then again, they tried to tell my mother I had ADHD. But look at me now! All bipolar'd up! Perhaps the docs were onto something after all!!!! /sarcasm

Posted by: marissa miller at April 26, 2007 06:09 PM

Eli Lilly has our back; isn't that nice. I find it interesting they track flowers, candy and ED. What the hell. Damn.I sure as hell don't wanna go to Salt Lake City for that, or Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Stephany at April 27, 2007 06:49 AM

Neck and back pain, and association w/ psych troubles? this is called get a massage, or do yoga before Cymbalta doc. I've had some back issues, and physical therapy worked. That got me off of pain killers. Speaking of Cymbalta--saw a big full page ad w/ that favorite "depression hurts" crap. The magazine was a Nov 2006 issue of a cooking magazine [geared toward women]and I read the magazine in a psychiatric setting at an appointment. How interesting.

Posted by: Stephany at April 27, 2007 06:58 AM

"Up to 30% of children originally diagnosed with ADHD eventually receive a diagnosis of bipolar disorder."

They just figured this out? no shit.

Research suggests that some children diagnosed with bipolar disorder have a different condition, recently labeled "severe mood dysregulation."

SO now we have it. The new word for "being a normal hell-raising brat, who needs a nap and outdoor time".

Are the rest of the Harvard Elite reading that? Maybe it's time to stop medicating little kids eh?

Posted by: Stephany at April 27, 2007 07:06 AM

"Red flag on pediatric psychopharmacology" is a great article--[NY social worker narc]--she raises the concern I had for years when the psychiatrist told me "if she goes off meds she will kill herself"--because I questioned medications prescribed for adults, being given to kids. I need to stress here, that Rebecca's death must not be lost in the shuffle. What happened to my daughter, is happening to many kids to this day. Misdiagnosis, and medications, with psychs convincing [intelligent]people like me, to listen to them "because Im the doctor, you are not". Once schools learn kids are taking these meds, it makes it even harder to get the kid off of them. They bring in the nurses, the staff, information release forms for the doctors, it becomes all out war.[pro-med war]. I had to book psych appts. one year in advance for the entire school year, demands from all of the higher-ups at school. If my daughter had a meltdown, such as raging on 150mg. of Zoloft at age 13 [prescribed for adults only] I received calls asking me if she took her meds.
No one ever wondered if it was the meds causing those rages; except for me.

Posted by: Stephany at April 27, 2007 05:11 PM

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