-Caveat Lector- Please forward this Post to ALL your contacts, especially concerned Parents. Just one more good reason Parents should remove their children from government schools, and assume more direct responsibility for them. Columbine: Eric Harris was under the influence of the Prozac clone, LUVOX, at the time of the Littleton shooting. A Morbid Welcome to my World. Learning from this tragedy is the greatest gift we can give to those who lost their lives in each of these tragedies. by Dr. Ann Tracy Littleton Colorado blew the door wide open to reveal to the world the pain and suffering I have witnessed on a daily basis since these newer serotonergic antidepressants (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Effexor, Serzone, etc.) hit the market. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, along with 12 classmates and a teacher lost their lives April 20 in another preventable tragedy. This incident, like so many others before it, could save more lives than were lost IF this time we learn from this tragic and heart breaking incident. If we don't learn this time there will be another and another and another Littleton, Colorado, Springfield, Oregon, Boise, Idaho, etc. Learning from this tragedy is the greatest gift we can give to those who lost their lives in each of these tragedies. As Eric Harris was found to be under the influence of Luvox at the time of the tragedy, this must be a wake up call to the most extreme dangers of America's most popular medications - the new serotonergic antidepressants - Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Effexor and Serzone. Listed in the manufacturer's warning as "frequent" adverse reactions to Luvox are "manic reaction" and "psychotic reaction." Of course psychotic reaction means the drug can induce what laymen would call insanity. Mania is another slightly different and potentially very dangerous form of psychosis or insanity. the danger affects to both the patient and those around him. Symptoms of mania include delusions of grandeur (such as planning to fly a plane into New York City and crash it into the city), intense irritability and rages (as was witnessed in Eric Harris' web site), criminal behavior including aggressive, violent, and hostile behaviors (all too obvious in this case),cravings for alcohol or drugs (Eric was reportedly drinking Jack Daniels.), drastic personality changes swinging from one end of the spectrum to the other, extremely deceitful, manipulative and controlling of all those around them, although easily distracted they are very determined in acting upon their delusional thoughts, and very convincing to those around them of their perception of reality - perhaps because they, themselves, are so convinced of the reality of their delusions, etc. Periods of mania with delusional thoughts can persist for months and years. It is living in a dream world or a fantasy world. And when the brain has been programmed with violent video games, it would not be at all uncommon for those fantasies to become one's "reality" in a manic reaction. This is not a conscious state and is the method by which these drugs are so effective in merging fantasy with reality. When you add to the alarming disclosure about the frequency of mania and psychosis with Luvox, the fact that "cough" is also listed as a "frequent" adverse reaction to this medication the explosive potential is magnified greatly. The reason for the danger in this combination of cough and Luvox use lies in the interaction between popular cough medications containing dextromethophan and the serotonergic antidepressants. The mixing of these two can greatly increase the possibility of a toxic reaction known as serotonin syndrome leading to PCP (Angel Dust) reactions. Would anyone have been surprised at Eric Harris' behavior if they knew he had been using PCP? Of course not! The tragedy lies in our ignorance of the drug interactions and the negligence of the manufacturer to inform patients of this danger and the negligence of doctors and pharmacists in warning young patients and their families of the dangerous potential psychotic reactions to Luvox or any of the other Prozac clones. We witnessed the same type of drug-induced murderous rampage in the Connecticut Lottery shooting just one year ago. Matthew Beck (see below) who worked at the lottery went to work where he shot and killed four fellow workers in a Luvox induced psychotic rage before taking his own life. How many deaths do we need to witness before we say, "Enough is enough?" In investigating 30 cases that have taken place over the last four years of something extremely rare before but becoming much more common - women committing murder and then attempting suicide - we also find an alarming link to these medications. Out of these 30 cases of mothers killing their children or their husbands and then themselves, 22 were on serotonergic medications at the time of the murder. This is an alarmingly high figure! We had all better educate ourselves rapidly. Before these drugs hit the market just over ten years ago these things were rare, now they are happening everywhere and the drugs are lurking behind the scenes in nearly every case. Society should demand an answer because we are the ones paying the ultimate price with our lives and the lives of our children while the drug companies rake in their millions in profits daily. Waldner & Vickery Press Release: SSRI drugs like Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and Luvox--which was apparently prescribed for Eric Harris--can trigger violent behavior in some people. ...we are extremely troubled by the hasty statements from the American Psychiatric Association indicating that "despite a decade of research, there is little valid evidence to prove a causal relationship between the use of antidepressant medications and destructive behavior".What "decade of research"? The fact is the large drug companies have assiduously avoided any serious research into this lethal side effect. Note From Dr. Tracy: Matthew Beck, Accused of Killing Four in the Hartford Lottery Shootings also on Luvox. A silent and seething employee went on a bloody rampage at Connecticut Lottery Corp. headquarters Friday, March 7, 1998, killing four senior lottery officials before committing suicide. Beck was taking at least two medications that physicians say are commonly prescribed for anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Luvox is an anti-depressant used to treat an obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Lorazepam is an anti-anxiety drug similar to Valium. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Opinions: Eric Harris was taking Luvox (a Prozac-like drug) at the time of the Littleton murders. by Peter R. Breggin, M.D On April 29 the Washington Post confirmed that Eric Harris, the leader in the Littleton tragedy, was taking the psychiatric drug Luvox at the time of the murders. On April 30 the same newspaper published a story quoting expert claims that Luvox is safe and has no association with causing violence. In fact, Luvox and closely related drugs commonly produce manic psychoses, aggression, and other behavioral abnormalities in children and young people. Was the Littleton Shooting a Drug-Induced Mania? Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 From: Ian Goddard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) While doctors interviewed by The Washington Post and CNN claim there's no link between Luvox and aggressive behavior, the medical literature gives a different picture. Luvox is the trade name for fluvoxamine, which research shows can induce mania. Doping our kids: Prescription drugs at root of violence, says expert By David M. Bresnahan; © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Mind altering drugs may be the cause of violence among school children, according to some doctors and other experts. Millions of children are legally taking drugs similar to cocaine in schools every day. Doping Kids, [www.insightmag.com] Vol. 15, No. 24 -- June 28, 1999; By Kelly Patricia O'Meara Though shocked by bizarre shootings in schools, few Americans have noticed how many shooters were among the 6 million kids now on psychotropic drugs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The psychiatric drug that Eric Harris had been taking before he went on a shooting rampage at a Colorado high school last week was prescribed about 1.4 million times last year to people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder and associated depression. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Postscript from Dr. Ann Tracy: It is a GREAT diservice to all those who lost their lives in Littleton to print this type of disinformation! In many of these articles, the Luvox manufacturer has been quoted that "such episodes are rare and likely to be caused by the underlying depression that led the patient to Luvox." There are statements on the drug information sheet that should be given to patients when they get a prescription for Luvox that says such episodes are in fact "frequent" side effects to Luvox. Several physicians, also state that there is no evidence connecting drugs such as Luvox to behavior changes that involved hostile outbursts such as the one we just witnessed in Littlton, Colorado on April 20. It is a GREAT diservice to all those who lost their lives in Littleton last week to print this type of disinformation! I don't care if it is coming from a so-called professional! I am so sick an tired of seeing so many die while they continue to deny the obvious! Now that I have that out of my system momentarily let me point out whatanyone who reads the handout on Luvox can read for themselves. Luvox has listed as "frequent" adverse reactions two forms of psychosis, namely "psychotic reaction" and "manic reaction." Hostile outbursts would not be out of the ordinary for either of those reactions. Mania should have the name changed to "sheer hell on earth". It is one of the most devastating forms of mental illness there is and to chemically induce that reaction with a drug that is suppose to "help" a patient is unconscionable! To do it to a child is unthinkable and yet there are those out there who are doing this every day of the week without even reading the handout that comes with this medication. What should be of great concern is that this is a reaction in 4 out of 100 young patients in SHORT term studies - not bad unless you are one of the four or are lucky enough to take the drug short term. Two out of the eight teenagers my children associate with have taken Prozac-like drugs. Both have had manic reactions to the drugs. Just bad luck or is it bad math? Initially it was thought that only 5% of those using SSRI antidepressants had sexual adverse reactions. Now that figure has gone as high as 70% in some independent studies. What if we will in the next few years see similar reports on these more serious reactions? And how many more will have to die before we see that? Another synergistic possibility is that of "cough" being listed as a "frequent" adverse reaction as well. This is not to be unexpected as increased levels of serotonin produce a constriction of the broncial tubes. But what would most mothers do? Reach for the cough medication, right? And how many know that if their child is on an SSRI that the combination can produce serotonin syndrome - a toxic reaction that could bring on any of the more serious adverse reactions produced by these drugs. The combination has been shown in medical studies to produce PCP (Angel Dust) reactions. 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