Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications
by Peter Breggin
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Author: Peter BregginEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-08
ISBN: 0312363389
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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- ISBN13: 9780312363383
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: Gravely disturbing
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Peter Breggin has quite a controversial book here, never one to shy away from the difficult or contentious issues as his previous books will attest to, the subject matter here will have you hooked. At first glance Breggin appears to be a maverick of the psychiatric world but on closer inspection we find a man who has dedicated his life in fighting for something he truly believes in. Risking all, he has literally put his life on the line to bring this information into the public domain.
Breggin believes that anti-depressants do not work, and actually add to the depression contributing unwanted side affects and creating a dependency within vulnerable people. Sleeping pills and tranquilisers are both highly addictive and toxic resulting in some horrendous case studies. Indeed most psychiatric drugs are given some mention in this book and the evidence that follows each case is both disturbing and hard to ignore. Breggin believes that psychiatric medication has the potential to " spellbind " people and alter their mood and behaviour so drastically that they literally freak out and commit atrocious crimes including murder and more often than not suicide. Each case study contained in this book has been meticulously researched by Breggin himself. And although all are American cases one wonders how long it will be before more local stories are made public.
All the main players in the pharmaceutical industry are investigated here, I wont name names or point fingers, it's in the book. The legal cases contained are extremely unnerving, while a drug company has never admitted liability they proceed to pay billions of dollars in compensation and legal fees in an effort to suppress information. Black box warnings are manipulated to give the impression of a safe drug while doctors and other prescribers of these drugs have their loyalty attained through funding or coercion.
I've always been sceptical of the GP who prescribes a certain drug and writes me a prescription with the drug company's logo emblazoned across his pen ! I found this book to be both extremely factual and gravely disturbing. And although I agree that medication must play a role in some patients treatment program, I think we must stop the reckless prescribing of unnecessary pills. Breggin is to be commended for his well researched and clearly written expose of the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry and his bravery does not go unnoticed. The question must be asked " Why do drug companies spend so much money and go to such great lengths to deny a problem that does not exist ?" It just doesn't make sense. So maybe there is no smoke without fire after all........
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