FDA Approves Prozac for Children, Teens, DON'T BELIEVE IT!

[Guest guest]

If you believe what the FDA/Pharms/drug companies tell you, they will

keep your loved ones sick forever!

 

Here is a great story.......

 

Monday, October 14, 2002

 

A MIRACLE IN WISCONSIN

 

OCTOBER 14. In Appleton, Wisconsin, a revolution has occurred. It?s

taken place in the Central Alternative High School. The kids now

behave. The hallways aren?t frantic. Even the teachers are happy.

 

The school used to be out of control. Kids packed weapons. Discipline

problems swamped the principal?s office.

 

But not since 1997.

 

What happened? Did they line every inch of space with cops? Did they

spray valium gas in the classrooms? Did they install metal detectors

in the bathrooms? Did they build holding cells in the gym?

 

Afraid not. In 1997, a private group called Natural Ovens began

installing a healthy lunch program. Huh?

 

Fast-food burgers, fries, and burritos gave way to fresh salads, meats

?prepared with old-fashioned recipes,? and whole grain bread. Fresh

fruits were added to the menu. Good drinking water arrived.

 

Vending machines were removed.

 

As reported in a newsletter called Pure Facts, ?Grades are up, truancy

is no longer a problem, arguments are rare, and teachers are able to

spend their time teaching.?

 

Principal LuAnn Coenen, who files annual reports with the state of

Wisconsin, has turned in some staggering figures since 1997.

Drop-outs? Students expelled? Students discovered to be using drugs?

Carrying weapons? Committing suicide? Every category has come up ZERO.

Every year.

 

Mary Bruyette, a teacher, states, ?I don?t have to deal with daily

discipline issues?I don?t have disruptions in class or the

difficulties with student behavior I experienced before we started the

food program.?

 

One student asserted, ?Now that I can concentrate I think it?s easier

to get along with people?? What a concept---eating healthier food

increases concentration.

 

Principal Coenen sums it up: ?I can?t buy the argument that it?s too

costly for schools to provide good nutrition for their students. I

found that one cost will reduce another. I don?t have the vandalism. I

don?t have the litter. I don?t have the need for high security.?

 

At a nearby middle school, the new food program is catching on. A

teacher there, Dennis Abram, reports, ?I?ve taught here almost 30

years. I see the kids this year as calmer, easier to talk to. They

just seem more rational. I had thought about retiring this year and

basically I?ve decided to teach another year---I?m having too much fun!?

 

Pure Facts, the newsletter that ran this story, is published by a

non-profit organization called The Feingold Association, which has

existed since 1976. Part of its mission is to ?generate public

awareness of the potential role of foods and synthetic additives in

behavior, learning and health problems. The [Feingold] program is

based on a diet eliminating synthetic colors, synthetic flavors, and

the preservatives BHA, BHT, and TBHQ.?

 

Thirty years ago there was a Dr. Feingold. His breakthrough work

proved the connection between these negative factors in food and the

lives of children. Hailed as a revolutionary advance, Feingold?s

findings were soon trashed by the medical cartel, since those findings

threatened the drugs-for-everything, disease-model concept of modern

healthcare.

 

But Feingold?s followers have kept his work alive.

 

If what happened in Appleton, Wisconsin, takes hold in many other

communities across America, perhaps the ravenous corporations who

invade school space with their vending machines and junk food will be

tossed out on their behinds. It could happen.

 

And perhaps ADHD will become a dinosaur. A non-disease that was once

attributed to errant brain chemistry. And perhaps Ritalin will be seen

as just another toxic chemical that was added to the bodies of kids in

a crazed attempt to put a lid on behavior that, in part, was the

result of a subversion of the food supply.

 

For those readers who ask me about solutions to the problems we

face---here is a real solution. Help these groups. Get involved. Step

into the fray. Stand up and be counted.

 

The drug companies aren?t going to do it. They?re busy estimating the

size of their potential markets. They?re building their chemical

pipelines into the minds and bodies of the young.

 

Every great revolution starts with a foothold. Sounds like Natural

Ovens and The Feingold Association have made strong cuts into the big

rock of ignorance and greed.

 

Russ

http://www.naturalhealingsolutions.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " Misty L. Trepke

<mistytrepke> " <mistytrepke> wrote:

> FDA Approves Prozac for Children, Teens

>

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The US Food and Drug Administration

> (news

> - web sites) said on Friday that it has approved Eli Lilly & Co.'s

> Prozac (fluoxetine) to treat depression and obsessive compulsive

> disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents aged seven to 17 years.

>

>

>

> According to the FDA, Prozac is the first selective serotonin

> reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) to receive approval for treating

> depression in children. The approval was based on two studies of

> children and adolescents with depression, which showed that the drug

> produced a statistically significant effect compared with placebo.

> The drug also produced a statistically significant effect compared

> with placebo in studies of children and adolescents with OCD.

>

>

> Side effects associated with Prozac use among children and

> adolescents were similar to those observed in adults and included

> nausea, tiredness, nervousness, dizziness and difficulty

> concentrating.

>

>

> The FDA noted that in one of the clinical studies, after 19 weeks

> of treatment with Prozac, children gained, on average, about 1.1 cm

> less in height (about a half an inch) and about one kilogram less in

> weight (about two pounds) compared with children treated with a

> placebo. According to the agency, " the clinical significance of this

> observation on long-term growth is unknown. "

>

>

> Lilly will conduct a phase IV post-marketing study to further

> evaluate the potential impact of Prozac on long-term growth in

> children.

>

>

> Citing figures from the National Institute of Mental Health, the

> FDA said depression affects up to 2.5% of children and 8.3% of

> adolescents in the US. OCD affects roughly 2% of the population and

> typically begins during adolescence or childhood.

>

>

> Indianapolis-based Lilly lost patent protection on Prozac in

> August 2001. The drug was once a blockbuster, pulling in sales of

> $2.5 billion in 2000. Since losing patent protection, several

> generic formulations of Prozac have flooded the US market, cutting

> sharply into Lilly's revenues.

>

>

>

>

> How is it, that this stuff can hit the markets after only 19 weeks

> of clinical study? Without even knowing the long term affects?

>

> comments anyone?

> Misty

> http://www..com

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Misty.

 

I hope you put this on my BB. I also hope your putting stuff there is

attracting people to your 'site.

 

Sara Sloan Proved this with her Nutra Program 29 years ago. Her program had

special sections for the cooks, the teachers, the children, the parents and

the PTA. The final program cost the schools less for their food program

there was much less violence, drug abuse, fewer children on Ritalin, etc.,

EXACTLY the same thing that Natural Ovens found.

 

One wonders why this is not national policy. Can you guess why it is not?

How many billions will children's Prozac bring in?

 

Sara Sloan's address is Box #13825, Atlanta, GA 30324

 

Namaste`

 

Walt

 

-

<newruss2000

 

Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:22 AM

Re: FDA Approves Prozac for Children,

Teens, DON'T BELIEVE IT!

 

 

> If you believe what the FDA/Pharms/drug companies tell you, they will

> keep your loved ones sick forever!

>

> Here is a great story.......

>

> Monday, October 14, 2002

>

> A MIRACLE IN WISCONSIN

>

> OCTOBER 14. In Appleton, Wisconsin, a revolution has occurred. It?s

> taken place in the Central Alternative High School. The kids now

> behave. The hallways aren?t frantic. Even the teachers are happy.

>

> The school used to be out of control. Kids packed weapons. Discipline

> problems swamped the principal?s office.

>

> But not since 1997.

>

> What happened? Did they line every inch of space with cops? Did they

> spray valium gas in the classrooms? Did they install metal detectors

> in the bathrooms? Did they build holding cells in the gym?

>

> Afraid not. In 1997, a private group called Natural Ovens began

> installing a healthy lunch program. Huh?

>

> Fast-food burgers, fries, and burritos gave way to fresh salads, meats

> ?prepared with old-fashioned recipes,? and whole grain bread. Fresh

> fruits were added to the menu. Good drinking water arrived.

>

> Vending machines were removed.

>

> As reported in a newsletter called Pure Facts, ?Grades are up, truancy

> is no longer a problem, arguments are rare, and teachers are able to

> spend their time teaching.?

>

> Principal LuAnn Coenen, who files annual reports with the state of

> Wisconsin, has turned in some staggering figures since 1997.

> Drop-outs? Students expelled? Students discovered to be using drugs?

> Carrying weapons? Committing suicide? Every category has come up ZERO.

> Every year.

>

> Mary Bruyette, a teacher, states, ?I don?t have to deal with daily

> discipline issues?I don?t have disruptions in class or the

> difficulties with student behavior I experienced before we started the

> food program.?

>

> One student asserted, ?Now that I can concentrate I think it?s easier

> to get along with people?? What a concept---eating healthier food

> increases concentration.

>

> Principal Coenen sums it up: ?I can?t buy the argument that it?s too

> costly for schools to provide good nutrition for their students. I

> found that one cost will reduce another. I don?t have the vandalism. I

> don?t have the litter. I don?t have the need for high security.?

>

> At a nearby middle school, the new food program is catching on. A

> teacher there, Dennis Abram, reports, ?I?ve taught here almost 30

> years. I see the kids this year as calmer, easier to talk to. They

> just seem more rational. I had thought about retiring this year and

> basically I?ve decided to teach another year---I?m having too much fun!?

>

> Pure Facts, the newsletter that ran this story, is published by a

> non-profit organization called The Feingold Association, which has

> existed since 1976. Part of its mission is to ?generate public

> awareness of the potential role of foods and synthetic additives in

> behavior, learning and health problems. The [Feingold] program is

> based on a diet eliminating synthetic colors, synthetic flavors, and

> the preservatives BHA, BHT, and TBHQ.?

>

> Thirty years ago there was a Dr. Feingold. His breakthrough work

> proved the connection between these negative factors in food and the

> lives of children. Hailed as a revolutionary advance, Feingold?s

> findings were soon trashed by the medical cartel, since those findings

> threatened the drugs-for-everything, disease-model concept of modern

> healthcare.

>

> But Feingold?s followers have kept his work alive.

>

> If what happened in Appleton, Wisconsin, takes hold in many other

> communities across America, perhaps the ravenous corporations who

> invade school space with their vending machines and junk food will be

> tossed out on their behinds. It could happen.

>

> And perhaps ADHD will become a dinosaur. A non-disease that was once

> attributed to errant brain chemistry. And perhaps Ritalin will be seen

> as just another toxic chemical that was added to the bodies of kids in

> a crazed attempt to put a lid on behavior that, in part, was the

> result of a subversion of the food supply.

>

> For those readers who ask me about solutions to the problems we

> face---here is a real solution. Help these groups. Get involved. Step

> into the fray. Stand up and be counted.

>

> The drug companies aren?t going to do it. They?re busy estimating the

> size of their potential markets. They?re building their chemical

> pipelines into the minds and bodies of the young.

>

> Every great revolution starts with a foothold. Sounds like Natural

> Ovens and The Feingold Association have made strong cuts into the big

> rock of ignorance and greed.

>

> Russ

> http://www.naturalhealingsolutions.com

, " Misty L. Trepke

> <mistytrepke> " <mistytrepke> wrote:

> > FDA Approves Prozac for Children, Teens

> >

> >

> > NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The US Food and Drug Administration

> > (news

> > - web sites) said on Friday that it has approved Eli Lilly & Co.'s

> > Prozac (fluoxetine) to treat depression and obsessive compulsive

> > disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents aged seven to 17 years.

> >

> >

> >

> > According to the FDA, Prozac is the first selective serotonin

> > reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) to receive approval for treating

> > depression in children. The approval was based on two studies of

> > children and adolescents with depression, which showed that the drug

> > produced a statistically significant effect compared with placebo.

> > The drug also produced a statistically significant effect compared

> > with placebo in studies of children and adolescents with OCD.

> >

> >

> > Side effects associated with Prozac use among children and

> > adolescents were similar to those observed in adults and included

> > nausea, tiredness, nervousness, dizziness and difficulty

> > concentrating.

> >

> >

> > The FDA noted that in one of the clinical studies, after 19 weeks

> > of treatment with Prozac, children gained, on average, about 1.1 cm

> > less in height (about a half an inch) and about one kilogram less in

> > weight (about two pounds) compared with children treated with a

> > placebo. According to the agency, " the clinical significance of this

> > observation on long-term growth is unknown. "

> >

> >

> > Lilly will conduct a phase IV post-marketing study to further

> > evaluate the potential impact of Prozac on long-term growth in

> > children.

> >

> >

> > Citing figures from the National Institute of Mental Health, the

> > FDA said depression affects up to 2.5% of children and 8.3% of

> > adolescents in the US. OCD affects roughly 2% of the population and

> > typically begins during adolescence or childhood.

> >

> >

> > Indianapolis-based Lilly lost patent protection on Prozac in

> > August 2001. The drug was once a blockbuster, pulling in sales of

> > $2.5 billion in 2000. Since losing patent protection, several

> > generic formulations of Prozac have flooded the US market, cutting

> > sharply into Lilly's revenues.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > How is it, that this stuff can hit the markets after only 19 weeks

> > of clinical study? Without even knowing the long term affects?

> >

> > comments anyone?

> > Misty

> > http://www..com

>

>

>