Shelley Jofre & Panorama misled UK public over SSRI Seroxat

Shelley Jofre & Panorama misled UK public over SSRI Seroxat


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Podcast transcript -






Jofre says although problems with whole class of antidepressants we (bbc) decided to concentrate on Seroxat






http://coventryuniversity.podbean.com/2007/11/01/one-woman-a-multinational-and-a-victory-shelley-jofre-panorama/







2.30 in Jofre says - " read a little bit in news paper about patients complaints" year 2000 about " Seroxat difficult to withdraw from" .. Jofre found it intriguing Jofre had only just started working on Panorama at that stage3.30 in " Jofre calls SSRI's "SELECTIVE Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors"4.14 Jofre knew little of how the pharmcutical industry worked4 .30 in Ed says - lets look at antidepressant story4 45 Jofre says although problems with whole class of antidepressants we (bbc) decided to concentrate on SeroxatWhy we narrowed down on Seroxat1 because it was made by GSK2 all the drugs in class cause suicidal thinking on dose change3 Seroxat had a unique problem of withdrawal BECAUSE IT WAS LONGER ACTING ... we decided to focus research into this drug 6.00 in - 40 min Panorama film took Shelley Jofre 8 months to make6.10 in - It's not something you do lightly WE WERE TAKING ON the worlds second largest drug company7.30 We were talking to the lawyer the whole way through production9.30 in - Jofre says "we took a punt" on Dr David Healy