SSRI-Crusaders : Message Consultant clinical pharmacologist Dr Andrew Herxheimer ignored !!

SSRI-Crusaders : Message: Teenager bludgeoned his father to death after GP prescribed him Prozac


http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SSRI-Crusaders/message/33621


Consultant clinical pharmacologist Dr Andrew Herxheimer(CORR), who examined Belben, said: 'The most striking thing he told me was... "a sudden thing came up in my head and I had to do it".'

Explaining Belben's emotions could have been 'blocked out by obsessive thoughts', he added: 'If he was in the grip of that thought that he had to kill Gary Belben, then having arranged to do it there was nothing else to be done.'

Dr Herxheimer said the adverse side-effects of SSRIs were vastly under-reported.

In one study, carried out on people without depression, up to one in 20 suffered adverse effects, including 'turbulence of emotions and compelling thoughts'.

In 2006, research revealed 40,000 children were still taking the drugs - with half having received no psychological support.

Wimpole Road Surgery refused to comment yesterday due to 'confidentiality issues'.

The local primary care trust, North East Essex NHS, also declined to discuss the case.