More than an oil spill: Antidepressants damaging sealife

D. Telegraph 7.7.10.

Antidepressants in sea may damage food chain

Antidepressants in effluent released in coastal waters could change the behaviour of sea-life & damage the food chain, scientists say. Shrimps exposed to Fluoxetine (fluoride-containing medical drug - Prozac) were 5 x more likely to swim towards light instead of away from it. This makes them vulnerable to fish & birds. Previously crustaceons have hidden away in dark places under seaweed & rocks. It is thought the fluoxetine may be changing the serotonin levels in their brains. Dr. Alex Ford of Portsmouth University said "Shrimps are taking on the excreted drugs of whole towns." The effects of human antibiotics, blood pressure pills & statins on sea creatures are also being studied around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7874781/Antidepressants-in-sea-may-damage-food-chain.html

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SSRI Drugs in Pregnancy Linked to Heart Abnormalities

Prozac use has shown that women who took the SSRI (and fluoride based) antidepressant during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not. The levels were three times higher in women taking paroxetine(Paxil, also containing fluoride).

Two Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Linked To Heart Anomalies In Babies

ScienceDaily (2008-11-26) -- Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times higher in women taking paroxetine. ... > read full article

Once again, if you regularly follow the topics of discussion on Natural Health News you will recall that we posted these two articles earlier this year.

Fluoride is not a cure for mothers or babies, March 2008

Nutrition and Preventing Post Partum Depression, May 2008

We would also like to call your attention to the top 14 drugs identified by the FDA as requiring much more study for off label use. Of these 14, nine are SSRI or similar antidepressants (excepting Trazodone, a triazolopyridine derivative, which has its own unique set of problems).

14 Drugs Identified As Most Urgently Needing Study For Off-label Use

ScienceDaily (2008-11-26) -- Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat certain diseases despite a lack of FDA approval, a practice known as off-label prescribing. Now researchers have developed a list of 14 widely prescribed medications most urgently in need of additional study to determine how effective and safe they are for their off-label uses. Antidepressants and antipsychotics are the most prominent classes of drugs on the list. ... > read full article

We do hope that Tom Daschle and Barack Obama take note of these additional damage points for the proposed use of SSRI antidepressants to allegedly meet some crazy notion that the drug use will stave off post partum depression.

Mr Obama, just like Oprah, as we have said, you can do better!

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