Three dead in Murphys double murder, suicide

[green for victory]

71. yet *another* case of anti depressant violence

The Sheriff released a comprehensive update on this case and guess what- like the over 4000+ cases documented here, it's another person who was taking antidepressants.

The report: (PDF) 3/29/13
http://sheriff.co.calaveras.ca.us/Portals/sheriff/Press/2013/Update_Marshall_Investigation.pdf

from the report:

Phillip Marshal's blood sample contained .08 mg/L
hydrocodone (pain reliever/narcotic), .02 mg/L morphine (pain reliever/narcotic), and .80mg/L hydroxybupropion (anti-depressant). Alcoholic beverages, including a bottle of whiskey and an open l2-pack of beer, were found inside the Marshall home.

• According to records obtained, Marshall was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Additionally, the reports stated that he suffered periods of depression and mania, which led to his dismissal, or "grounding," as a pilot in September 2006.

The antidepressant: bupropion

the mandated black box warning that comes with all antidepressants was quoted in an alert about this particular bupropion drug:

FDA NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: July 1, 2009
Media Inquiries: Karen Riley, 301-796-4674
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA
FDA: Boxed Warning on Serious Mental Health Events to be Required for Chantix and Zyban

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is requiring manufacturers to put a Boxed Warning on the prescribing information for the smoking cessation drugs Chantix (varenicline) and Zyban (bupropion). The warning will highlight the risk of serious mental health events including changes in behavior, depressed mood, hostility, and suicidal thoughts when taking these drugs.

“The risk of serious adverse events while taking these products must be weighed against the significant health benefits of quitting smoking,” said Janet Woodcock, M.D., director, the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States and we know these products are effective aids in helping people quit.”

Similar information on mental health events will be required for bupropion marketed as the antidepressant Wellbutrin and for generic versions of bupropion. These drugs already carry a Boxed Warning for suicidal behavior in treating psychiatric disorders.

Woodcock said health care professionals who prescribe Chantix and Zyban should monitor their patients for any unusual changes in mood or behavior after starting these drugs. She added that patients should immediately contact their health care professional if they experience such changes...>More
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm170100.htm

This behavior is fully documented at the US NIH as well-
US National Institutes of Health:
Antidepressants and Violence-problems at the Interface of Medicine & Law
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1564177/

"...Both clinical trial and pharmacovigilance data point to possible links between these drugs and violent behaviours...


Annex: The Illustrative Medico-Legal Cases
...In 1998, a new family doctor, unaware of this adverse reaction to fluoxetine, prescribed paroxetine 20 mg to DS, for what was diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. Two days later having had, it is believed, two doses of medication, DS using a gun put three bullets each through the heads of his wife, his daughter who was visiting, and his nine-month-old granddaughter before killing himself...

For some reason, even though these drugs come with a mandated warning of possible violent behavior and/or suicide, the US National media cannot bring themselves to ask if these drugs are causing this gun violence. But they used to:

The drugs come with a warning. The media has all kinds of time to question whether the cause is video games or bad parenting or bullying yet cannot find 30 seconds to talk about the actual warning of possible violent or suicidal behavior that comes with the drugs. This is a crime against our society, to keep something like this out of the debate.

all the guns in the world can be banned but if the cause of this violence is indeed the antidepressants then it won't make a bit of difference because there will always be another way.