Sal's Comment: There is a petition to stop the Mothers Act here if you are interested:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-t...
I find this quite disturbing, much like Teen Screen. More and more the pharmacuetical companies are seeking out new buyers for their drugs, teens, then babies at the hospital being diagnosed as "depressed", now mothers and their fetus... any target that is vulnerable. I think these targets are unconscionable. The use of antidepressants for "prevention" constitute altering brain chemistry from what is normal. Then I'm sure there will be a drug to treat the mania that results from improper use of antidepressant drugs. Slowly we lost touch with what is normal. What disturbs me most about this is the difficulty people have getting back off some of these drugs... the addictive potential and/or semi-permanent and permanent brian chemistry changes.
MOTHERS Act Seeks to Drug Expectant Mothers with Antidepressants to "Treat" Postpartum Depression
http://www.naturalnews.com/z022789.html
by Mike Adams
(NaturalNews) A new law being considered in the U.S. Congress would attempt to prevent postpartum depression in new moms by drugging them with SSRI antidepressant drugs while they're still pregnant. This legislation is being aggressively pushed by pro-pharma front groups in an effort to expand the customer base for SSRI drugs by targeting pregnant women as new "customers" for the chemicals. It's an example of the latest insanity from Big Pharma, whose drugs are already killing over 100,000 Americans each year while inciting violence and suicides in teens. Every single shooting massacre we've seen in the last ten years has been carried out by a person taking SSRI antidepressant drugs. The mainstream media pays no attention to this link, and the FDA ignores the reports in order to keep these drugs on the market.
SSRI drugs have never been approved for use on newborns, yet this new MOTHERS Act will effectively drug unborn babies and newborns with drugs like Prozac. This will certainly have an impact on their developing brains, and the bulk of the research available today shows that the impact will be negative. Will these children be more prone to violent thoughts and behavior? Will they contemplate suicide at younger ages? And what will be the impact of the drugs on the mother?
For one mother who was drugged with antidepressants -- Amy Philo -- the drugs caused her to experience thoughts of violence against her own newborn babies. After taking antidepressants prescribed by her doctor, she had visions of killing them (and herself). Upon returning to her doctor, Amy was told to increase the dosage! Eventually, Amy realized the drugs were wrecking her own brain chemistry, and she stopped taking the pills entirely, causing the thoughts of violence and suicide to subside.<snip>
I find this quite disturbing, much like Teen Screen. More and more the pharmacuetical companies are seeking out new buyers for their drugs, teens, then babies at the hospital being diagnosed as "depressed", now mothers and their fetus... any target that is vulnerable. I think these targets are unconscionable. The use of antidepressants for "prevention" constitute altering brain chemistry from what is normal. Then I'm sure there will be a drug to treat the mania that results from improper use of antidepressant drugs. Slowly we lost touch with what is normal. What disturbs me most about this is the difficulty people have getting back off some of these drugs... the addictive potential and/or semi-permanent and permanent brian chemistry changes.
MOTHERS Act Seeks to Drug Expectant Mothers with Antidepressants to "Treat" Postpartum Depression
http://www.naturalnews.com/z022789.html
by Mike Adams
(NaturalNews) A new law being considered in the U.S. Congress would attempt to prevent postpartum depression in new moms by drugging them with SSRI antidepressant drugs while they're still pregnant. This legislation is being aggressively pushed by pro-pharma front groups in an effort to expand the customer base for SSRI drugs by targeting pregnant women as new "customers" for the chemicals. It's an example of the latest insanity from Big Pharma, whose drugs are already killing over 100,000 Americans each year while inciting violence and suicides in teens. Every single shooting massacre we've seen in the last ten years has been carried out by a person taking SSRI antidepressant drugs. The mainstream media pays no attention to this link, and the FDA ignores the reports in order to keep these drugs on the market.
SSRI drugs have never been approved for use on newborns, yet this new MOTHERS Act will effectively drug unborn babies and newborns with drugs like Prozac. This will certainly have an impact on their developing brains, and the bulk of the research available today shows that the impact will be negative. Will these children be more prone to violent thoughts and behavior? Will they contemplate suicide at younger ages? And what will be the impact of the drugs on the mother?
For one mother who was drugged with antidepressants -- Amy Philo -- the drugs caused her to experience thoughts of violence against her own newborn babies. After taking antidepressants prescribed by her doctor, she had visions of killing them (and herself). Upon returning to her doctor, Amy was told to increase the dosage! Eventually, Amy realized the drugs were wrecking her own brain chemistry, and she stopped taking the pills entirely, causing the thoughts of violence and suicide to subside.<snip>
