okay i am sorry he got bitten, but that is very funny.

The quote from Chirac's wife doesn't make clear if the dog was unpredictable before or after the pills. Maybe the dog was unpredictable to begin with, so they tried pills? Often (not always) when a dog is unpredictably aggressive, there has been some past abuse by the owners on the dog. Maybe Chirac got what he deserved??

I've searched and it's suggested that the dog was already under antidepressant.
It's amazing that there's so little about harms of psych-drugs in French.
No blogs, almost nothing.
The only site I've found has links to English sites.

Nothing like a little doggie Reconcile(Prozac)! grrr.

"Research carried out for Sainsbury's Bank in Britain showed that 632,000 dogs and cats had suffered depression in 2002. Three times as many pets had suffered with behavioural problems that were linked with depression."

Lilly is more than Zyprexa, they want our pets too.

I am sorry for Chirac, and suspect he had to take his pants to the tailor. I wonder if this dog attack will be featured in the American DTC in the "risk section."

As for information on drugs in France, a France2(late night, nationally funded investigative TV station) came over two summers ago, knowing that Lilly was about to make a big Zyprexa push there. They wanted to warn the public, and interviewed Alex Berenson, me, and someone from Lilly who misspoke. Of course it was in French but I got to watch myself. Have no idea how often such warnings appear in France. At least they are spared Abilify ads.

I agree, Stephany. Next, they'll go after farm animals. Ever seen a depressed cow?

Actually the pharmaceutical companies have had the farm animals since the 1990s. This is one of the reasons why I eat organic. Animals are given antibiotics. There diet is so inadequate that most cows would die "naturally" if they weren't butchered first.