Sunday, August 08, 2004
 (Total411.info) -- Total411.info has archived  documentation purged from the GlaxoSmithKline website after the following story appeared in the
Miami Herald Jul. 29, 2004:Retired Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams... admitted Thursday that marijuana played a larger role in his retirement than he originally indicated.
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Williams told the Herald that he sees nothing wrong with smoking marijuana -- that in fact, it's "just a plant." He also said he admired reggae singer Bob Marley, who was reputed to smoke it every day before his death.
Also, Williams, who has been diagnosed with a social-anxiety disorder and was taking the anti-depressant Paxil, told the paper that he'd stopped taking the medication he'd once been a spokesman for. He said it interfered with his diet.
"Marijuana is 10 times better for me than Paxil," he said. In the PDF questionaire and accompanying jazzed up web pages, Williams reveals how a television commercial convinced him he suffered something called "social anxiety disorder," leading him to become a Paxil user and ultimately a spokesman. -- I saw a commercial on TV about social anxiety disorder, and I’m like, "Oh my God, that’s me."  Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, a scandal about how this Paxil drug encourages suicide among its addicts is bewing.
From the Daily Mail [UK] June 4, 2004: BRITAIN'S biggest drug company has been accused of covering up research which showed its leading anti- depressant can cause children and teenagers to attempt suicide.
GlaxoSmithKline yesterday faced accusations of fraud over its clinical trials on the drug Seroxat a development which sent shockwaves through the medical establishment.
Thousands of teenagers and children as young as six in Britain have been prescribed Seroxat, which is worth Pounds 2billion a year to Glaxo.
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A number of youngsters are known to have committed suicide while taking the drug.
Anguished parents have complained that their children became suicidal while on Seroxat then showed horrendous withdrawal symptoms when they tried to come off it.
A civil lawsuit has been filed against Glaxo in the U.S. by New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, who claims the firm suppressed at least four studies on the drug.
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Medical authorities here are investigating whether Glaxo complied with legal requirements to make all relevant clinical trial data on the drug available...
The Department of Health's medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency... banned doctors from prescribing Seroxat to children and teenagers last year after reviewing data from Glaxo.
It warned that the drug, which has been used to treat shyness as well as depression, could lead to suicidal tendencies in the young.
The American lawsuit alleges that five studies conducted by Glaxo between 1998 and 2002 raised concerns about the effectiveness of Seroxat which is known as Paxil in the U.S. and revealed some cases of suicidal thoughts and behaviour.
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