Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs. Some claimed, without evidence, that antidepressants don’t work at all.
A Food and Drug Administration panel discussing the use of antidepressants during pregnancy Monday largely amounted to misinformation or facts taken out of context, according to several psychiatrists who tuned in to the meeting.
The panel had promised to feature diverse viewpoints about antidepressants and pregnancy. But nearly all of the 10 panelists bucked medical consensus on the drugs’ safety and emphasized what they said were risks of taking the drugs while pregnant — such as causing autism, miscarriages or birth defects. In some cases, they claimed that antidepressants don’t work at all and that depression goes away on its own.
Three of the 10 panelists were from outside the United States. Another runs a clinic to help people taper off of psychiatric drugs.
WTF. It’s going to take many years to unwind the misinformation coming from the FDA for the next, at least, three years. Where do they find these people. Are they fucking Scientologists? I guess this is what happens when you get a drug addict with brain damage to head the FDA.
