Risperdal causes teenage boy to grow ‘D cup’ breasts; Judge lets CEO of company off the hook regardless

Big Pharma firm Johnson & Johnson, maker of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, owes hundreds of millions of dollars to several states over improper marketing of the medication and for encouraging doctors to prescribe it for non-approved uses, but because the case was settled in court the company’s CEO, Alex Gorsky, won’t have to testify about allegations his company’s drug caused some young boys to grow breasts, among others.

Risperdal causes teenage boy to grow ‘D cup’ breasts; Judge lets CEO of company off the hook regardless

Big Pharma firm Johnson & Johnson, maker of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, owes hundreds of millions of dollars to several states over improper marketing of the medication and for encouraging doctors to prescribe it for non-approved uses, but because the case was settled in court the company’s CEO, Alex Gorsky, won’t have to testify about allegations his company’s drug caused some young boys to grow breasts, among others.

Psychiatric Drugs and War: A Suicide Mission

The first in a four-part series by investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O’Meara written for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) a psychiatric watchdog organization. The series will explore the epidemic of suicides in the military and the correlation to dramatic increases in psychiatric drug prescriptions to treat the emotional scars of battle. The first installment looks at the statistical data, military suicides and unexplained deaths among the troops tied to prescription drugs.

The Huffington Post—Fixing Our Schools, Not Drugging Our Kids

Dr. Ramesh Raghavan, who studies prescription drug use among low-income children at Washington University in St. Louis. Because “we as a society have been unwilling to invest in very effective nonpharmaceutical interventions for these children,” he tells Schwarz, “we are effectively forcing local community psychiatrists to use the only tool at their disposal, which is psychotropic medications.”

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