by Linda A. Johnson
Associated Press – usatoday.com
Excerpts:
The maker of Zoloft is being sued in an unusual case alleging the popular antidepressant has no more benefit than a dummy pill and that patients who took it should be reimbursed for their costs.
R. Brent Wisner of the Los Angeles firm Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, argues the Food and Drug Administration shouldn’t have approved Zoloft because Pfizer didn’t publish some clinical studies that found the drug about as effective as a placebo. “It’s about Pfizer deliberately withholding this information from consumers and then advertising this drug as very effective,” Wisner said
The suit accuses Pfizer of consumer fraud and other offenses, including quietly paying prominent doctors to tout Zoloft to colleagues or to be listed as authors of positive medical journal articles the company prepared for publication.
A lawsuit claiming a drug doesn’t work, so patients should get their money back, might be a first, experts said.
Read the Full Article Here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/31/pfizer-zoloft-lawsuit/1881441/
See also: FACT: Antidepressant drugs no better than placebos
The Emperor’s New Drugs
Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
by Irving Kirsch Ph.D.
Free Shipping Available!
More Info