Paxil protest is not meant to cast GSK as a "bad company."

Although the Paxil Protest is aimed at GSK, its website makes it clear that the protest is not meant to cast GSK as a "bad company." Rather, those invited to participate in the protest include individuals whose lives have been directly affected by Paxil: Ex-users and the loved ones of victims alike. The protest is not limited to just survivors or victims of Paxil; those who have been impacted by other SSRI or SNRI drugs, such as Cymbalta, Effexor, Luvox, Prozac, Strattera and Zoloft are invited to participate as well. "Why non-Paxil victims? Because there is a far wider issue at stake here; one that, by default presents a powerful subtext for this action," the Paxil Protest website reads. "As such we would be delighted for those individuals and families to join forces with us."

Although the number of people expected to attend the protest is unknown, information on the event is being dispersed worldwide. The Paxil Protest website offers extensive travel and lodging information to help as many people get to Philadelphia as possible. In addition to increasing public awareness of the drug and its side effects over the three-day demonstration, participants in the event also have some specific demands for GSK. Some of the heartiest requests include the immediate halt of the manufacture of Paxil, an immediate worldwide drug safety recall for Paxil and a public apology via live web cast to Paxil victims and survivors by J.P. Garner, Chief Executive officer of GSK.

The Paxil Protest website was launched August 8, 2005 to offer both information about the protest and information on Paxil previously unavailable to the public. Just three weeks after its launch, the site received more than a quarter of a million hits. "My goal was to make it as easy as possible for the public to get the truth about Paxil – the sinister truth which GlaxoSmithKline hides from the world," Robinson said in a press release. The site also offers information on how to safely end the use of Paxil.

For more information about the protest or about prescription Paxil, visit http://wwww.paxilprotest.com.

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