ADR Data Published & Broadcast
Prescribed Addiction: BBC radio 4
John Waite investigates the "scandal" that has left up to 1.5 million people addicted to drugs prescribed to them by their GPs. Experts in the field tell us that addicts to benzodiazepine tranquillizers, the most popular of which are diazepam and temazepam, far outnumber those addicted to illegal drugs. Face the Facts www.bbc.co.uk radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012wxxw
Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law
Citation: Healy D, Herxheimer A, Menkes DB (2006) Antidepressants and Violence: Problems at the Interface of Medicine and Law. PLoS Med 3(9): e372. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030372 Published: September 12, 2006
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030372
Copyright: © 2006 Healy et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Ten-year trends in hospital admissions for adverse drug reactions in England 1999-2009 - ADR admissions increased by 76.8%
http://ukpmc.ac.uk/articles/PMC2878823//reload=0;jsessionid=StT4WPXAIPl88RSrciqx.12
Patient Yellow Card ADR reporting Evaluation for MHRA - NIHR Health Technology Assessment Prog. May 2011
The Evaluation Report stated that patient-reporting of adverse drug reactions adds value to pharmacovigilance by providing information on different types of drugs and reactions to those reported by health-care professionals, along with details of the impact on patients’ lives
Please refer to papers that evolved from this Evaluation at the following link: http://www.hta.ac.uk/project/1628.asp
Millie Kieve, founder of APRIL was appointed Chair of the Advisory Group to this Evaluation. The committee Millie appointed included a Coroner, anaesthetist, psychiatrist, clinical pharmacologist, nurse - for details refer to Appendix 4 page 151 and Acknowledgements page 131
Influences of the Pharmaceutical Industry UK Government, Health Committee Inquiry Witness evidence
Examination of Witnesses Richard Brook (Chair of Charity MIND), Professor David Healy & Professor Andrew Herxheimer (Questions 152-202) 14 October 2004
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmhealth/42/4101412.htm
Innovating for Health - Patients, physicians, the pharmaceutical industry and the NHS - Report of Working Party (Royal College of Physicians)
http://bookshop.rcplondon.ac.uk/contents/76673804-76c5-4ab3-89a0-92d44e45edc3.pdf
A publication that includes Industry Giant threats to remove manufacturing from UK -
Published in Medical Journal The Lancet The Lancet, Vol 377, issue 9781, Page 1915, 4 June 2011