Novartis - A Chronicle of Scandals: Killing Children with Drugs
This information campaign is dedicated to the victims of Novartis AG:
Gunned-down Brazilian farmers - Tortured, maimed and killed animals in
labs - Victims of ***ual exploitation by the management - Africans
left to die for profit - Patients poisoned and killed with harmful
drugs - Babies fed with unhealthy food
Part 3: UK: Killing Patients with Ritalin
Daniel Fletcher, an 11 years old boy, was first diagnosed with
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at the age of two, and
just three years later the little boy was prescribed the amphetamine-
like drug Ritalin from Novartis. The effect, says his mother Hayley,
was a loss of appetite but no difference in his behaviour. "So the
doctor kept upping the doses until he was on six times the normal
dose, yet he was still hyperactive."
At the age of 14 he was put on Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug
usually given to schizophrenics. "It was as if my son had been
replaced by a doped-up zombie,' said his mother, "I could hardly wake
him in the morning. It was as if all his personality was disappearing,
like a patient in a mental institution."
Hundreds of thousands of others in th UK are still being prescribed
Ritalin, an amphetamine-like stimulant which has the same effect as
"speed" and cocaine, and which, according to new evidence from the
U.S., doesn't even work in the long-term. Ritalin is a methylphenidate
which acts in a similar way to cocaine by stimulating the central
nervous system, which, paradoxically, can have a calming and focusing
effect. Scientists are unclear why it works in this way.
Recent findings suggest that Ritalin can stunt growth as well as
causing heart problems, insomnia and weight problems. In the U.S.,
there have been 51 deaths among children and adults taking Ritalin
since 1999. According to the Medicines and Healthcare Products
Regulatory Agency, 11 British children on Ritalin have died.
Experts fear that inappropriate drugs are not only being used to
control children's behaviour, but are being massively over-prescribed
to some children who are simply naughty.
Novartis, which makes Ritalin, says: "Ritalin has a long record as a
safe and effective medication.=93
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=
=3D494862&in_page_id=3D1770
More Information:
www.novartiskills.eu
A.L.F. Crime Investigation Agency (CIA)
alfcia_vries@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
