[mobglob-discuss] Fw: [global] Good news!

[Liz]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Don Weitz <dweitz at pathcom.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:38 AM
Subject: [global] Good news!


> Drug News
> ANTIDEPRESSANT SERZONE OFF THE MARKETY, NO LONGER SOLD
> TOO MANY LIVER FAILURES AND DEATHS. If you know any doctor(s) who still
> prescribe this dangerous & deadly drug, please warn the person(s) NOT to
> take it and report the doctor(s) to the nearest medical society or
> government-health regulatory agency asap. Other deadly suicide drugs like
> PAXIL, PROZAC, ZOLOFT, and CELEXA should also be banned or taken off the
> market. How many more kids & adults must die or seriously harmed before
> governments take action to protect us against such "safe and effective
> medication"?
> Please circulate this widely & immediately-thanks.
> Don
>
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/2004
0520/
Bristol-Myers Discontinues Drug Serzone   WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Bristol-Myers Squibb  (NYSE:BMY - news)
> >said on Wednesday it would no longer make or sell its  antidepressant
> >Serzone, which has been linked to life-threatening liver  problems.   A
> >company spokesman said the drug, already  withdrawn in major markets such
> >as Europe and Canada, was being discontinued  worldwide, including in the
> >United States, due to poor sales.   The antidepressant is also being
> >withdrawn in  Australia and New Zealand.   "After review of the
commercial
> >potential of  several of our mature products, we decided to discontinue
> >manufacturing and  selling certain ... products, including Serzone," said
> >Robert Hutchison, a  spokesman for New York-based Bristol-Myers.
Serzone
> >is one of 17 drugs to be discontinued,  Hutchison said, adding the halt
> >takes effect June 14.   The controversial drug is the subject of several
> >lawsuits over safety concerns and has been linked to 55 cases of liver
> >failure,  including 20 deaths, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(news
> >- web sites)  has said.   In March, U.S. consumer group Public Citizen
> >sued  the FDA in an attempt to force a ban on Serzone.   Dr. Sidney
Wolfe,
> >head of Public Citizen's Health  Research Group, said the Bristol-Myers'
> >action on Wednesday fell  short.   The company should recall the Serzone
> >already  available, and generic versions of the drug should also be
> >recalled, he  said.   "We strongly urge all people using either Serzone
> >or generic nefazodone to contact their physicians about switching to a
> >safer  antidepressant," Wolfe urged.   Bristol-Myers' Hutchison said the
> >company would  "continue to vigorously defend itself against the
> >implication" that Serzone was  not safe.   The company's stock fell 6
> >cents to close at $25.49  on Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange
> >(news - web sites).
> >
>
>
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