| The story in the news is that Bush is | | | | mood anymore than a sugar pill. The FDA said |
| endorsing a mental health program that will | | | | in 2003 that Paxil should not to be |
| target children in schools for mental health | | | | prescribed to minors. |
| screenings. The commission claims that even | | | | |
| though child mental health prescriptions have | | | | Serzon. Expensive and has a earned a "black |
| increased 500% from 1999-2003, they aren't | | | | box" warning due to its tendency to cause |
| getting enough "treatment". The screenings | | | | liver failure and death in adults and |
| will be mandatory and prescription drug | | | | children. |
| treatment will be too. That's not all this | | | | |
| program does though, under the new plan | | | | Safer, cheaper drugs are available but TCMAP |
| doctors can only prescribe the most dangerous | | | | maintains that the drugs they make the most |
| and expensive drugs on the market. The new | | | | money on are the best choice for children's |
| plan is ironically named "New Freedom | | | | mental health issues. |
| commission"(NFC). | | | | |
| | | | Bribery In Action |
| TMAP- Bankrupting Medicaid Before the Baby | | | | |
| Boomers Even Use It | | | | TMAP is fully owned and operated by drug |
| | | | companies, mainly Janssen pharmaceuticals, |
| Bush endorsed and implemented TMAP in Texas | | | | and parades itself as a medically oriented |
| and of the 22 members in the New Freedom | | | | and helpful government program. The |
| Commission, 14 are directly associated with | | | | organization accomplished this by bribing |
| that organization. The New Freedom Act is a | | | | doctors, university officials and government |
| fraud. It is modeled after The Texas | | | | officials into lying about the superiority of |
| Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP). An | | | | their drugs; then the officials they've duped |
| algorithm is like a menu at a restaurant with | | | | allow them to make laws that use the lies as |
| drugs as the choices, if its not on the menu | | | | medical guidelines. Although all Janssen's |
| the doctor cannot order the prescription. | | | | activities cannot be known here's what is |
| TMAP takes advantage of foster children, | | | | known so far: |
| institutionalized people, veterans and | | | | |
| prisoners to further drug company profits as | | | | Janssen pays $2,000 speaking fees to gov. |
| well as robbing the American tax-payers. It | | | | officials and doctors who are in the position |
| forces state and Medicaid doctors to | | | | to approve TMAP and make laws favoring their |
| prescribe super-expensive, dangerous new | | | | algorithms. The "speakers" tell people that |
| medications to mental health patients. | | | | Janssen drugs are superior and miraculous and |
| | | | then approve their drugs and guidelines from |
| TMAP has even persuaded officials into giving | | | | within government agencies and universities. |
| Medicaid to people who don't need it so they | | | | Multiple speeches result in multiple payments |
| can afford the overpriced medications and by | | | | in the sum of $2,000 or more. Here's an |
| early 2001 the program bankrupted Texas's | | | | example of a speakers relationship with |
| Medicaid system. At the rate TMAP guidelines | | | | Janssen: |
| explode Medicaid expenses we will be paying | | | | |
| an outlandish 3.7 billion a year for | | | | Boston Globe | November 10 2003 |
| schizophrenia medications alone, effectively | | | | |
| bankrupting Medicaid nationwide. | | | | Dr. Douglas Hughs was charged with |
| | | | endangering his patients by the Massachusetts |
| Here's an example of a Drug that doctors will | | | | government and had his license taken because, |
| be required to prescribe: | | | | without medical reason, he forced several |
| | | | patients to switch to the new drug Risperdal |
| Zyprexa | | | | and nearly killed a patient. Risperdal is an |
| | | | expensive, dangerous new schizophrenia drug |
| This is a new Medication for bi-polar | | | | made by Janssen. The doctor switched the |
| disorder and it costs $6,000 more per patient | | | | drugs to experiment on the patients for the |
| than older, safer drugs like Haldal according | | | | drug company, which paid him a grand total of |
| to Yale researchers, Veterans Medical | | | | $30,000 in "public speaking fees" to talk |
| Hospital researchers and FDA trials. FDA Data | | | | about their new drugs. Dr. Hughs has since |
| also shows Zyprexa to be one of he deadliest | | | | resigned his position at The Soloman Carter |
| drugs ever approved, yet our war veterans and | | | | Fuller Mental Health Center. |
| children will be forced to use it while the | | | | |
| rest of us pay for it. FDA trials for Zyprexa | | | | Janssen paid for luxury trips, expensive |
| show that 65% of patients dropped out of the | | | | meals and entertainment for officials who |
| trial due to side effects and during the | | | | were in the position to approve TMAP and the |
| 6-week trial 20 deaths occurred, 12 of them | | | | drugs they endorse. |
| suicides. The FDA approved Zyprexa ONLY for | | | | |
| short-term treatment of bi-polar individuals. | | | | To keep state health officials from |
| | | | investigating TMAPS dangerous, expensive drug |
| TMAP mandates that Zyprexa be used for many | | | | regimen, Janssen's government official |
| different disorders for long term use. | | | | "speakers" have issued TMAP medication |
| | | | guidelines as administrative orders in many |
| Hurting our children | | | | of the states it now operates in. The reason |
| | | | is that administration is the paperwork end |
| TMAP developed a special children's algorithm | | | | of government and cannot be investigated for |
| (drug menu) called The Texas Children's | | | | safety by state medical regulators. |
| Medication Algorithm Project or TCMAP. The | | | | |
| same group of bribed experts decided that the | | | | TMAPS drug company founders contributed a |
| same drugs would be used for children as | | | | total of $384,735 in 2002 in Texas alone. It |
| adults; no facts were needed because the | | | | must be mentioned that these are only the |
| recommendations were made based on what the | | | | known contributions and that there are |
| drug companies told them to recommend. | | | | probably many more undisclosed contributions. |
| | | | |
| Drugs TCMAP forces doctors to prescribe to | | | | Fighting Back |
| children: | | | | |
| | | | Already Colorado and Nevada are suing |
| (All are brand name) | | | | approximately 17 of the drug companies |
| | | | associated with TMAP for fraud and |
| Zoloft, which is expensive, has a 17% dropout | | | | racketeering. Officials of Pennsylvania's |
| rate in child clinical trials due to | | | | Office of the Inspector General are suing |
| intolerable side effects and only has a 10% | | | | several other government officials in that |
| improvement rate on children with depression | | | | state because they lied about drug safety and |
| and mood disorders. The FDA specifically | | | | took bribes from TMAP and their funders: |
| states that this drug should not be used by | | | | Dwight McKee & Allen Jones v. Henry Hart, |
| persons under the age of 18. | | | | Sydni Guido and several other officials. |
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| Seroxat, which is expensive and has been | | | | References & Resources: |
| shown to increase suicide attempts in minors. | | | | |
| | | | -FDA Links Suicide in Children to |
| Paxil. This drug is not only expensive but | | | | Antidepressants |
| has been directly shown to increase murder, | | | | |
| violence, school shootings and debilitating | | | | -Medicine Merchants-Tracking Dr.'s NY Times |
| conditions such as brain dysfunction and | | | | November 16, 2000 |
| heart problems in young people. It also | | | | |
| increases self-harm and suicide attempts in | | | | - US Government Veterans Study |
| children. On top of all this British studies | | | | |
| show that Paxil didn't improve children's | | | | -Dr. |