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Monday, August 23, 2004
Anti-depressant deaths increase (UK)
BBC story - "A popular anti-depressant has been linked with growing numbers of suicides and accidental overdoses, statistics show. Between 1993 and 2002, 118 people in England and Wales taking venlafaxine (Efexor) died - 17.6 deaths per million prescriptions. Although the rate is still lower than that associated with old-generation tricyclic drugs, it is rising, while the rate for tricyclics is falling. The figures were collected by the National Audit Office." See also the related story at The Guardian, Anti-depressant's link to suicide. The full study is available in the autumn issue of Health Statistics Quarterly (Adobe Acrobat format).
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BBC story - "A popular anti-depressant has been linked with growing numbers of suicides and accidental overdoses, statistics show. Between 1993 and 2002, 118 people in England and Wales taking venlafaxine (Efexor) died - 17.6 deaths per million prescriptions. Although the rate is still lower than that associated with old-generation tricyclic drugs, it is rising, while the rate for tricyclics is falling. The figures were collected by the National Audit Office." See also the related story at The Guardian, Anti-depressant's link to suicide. The full study is available in the autumn issue of Health Statistics Quarterly (Adobe Acrobat format).
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Drug Prices Rise Twice as Fast As Rate of Inflation
Psychiatric News story - "Manufacturers' wholesale prices for 197 brand-name prescription drugs most frequently used by older Americans rose 3.4 percent during the first quarter of 2004, according to a report by AARP. Astudy released last month by AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) found that manufacturers' wholesale prices for 197 brand-name prescription drugs most frequently used by older Americans rose 3.4 percent during the three-month period ending March 31, compared with a 1.2 percent rate of general inflation for the same period." See also the full report, Trends in Manufacturer Prices of Brand-Name Prescription Drugs Used by Older Americans–First Quarter 2004 Update (Adobe Acrobat format).
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Psychiatric News story - "Manufacturers' wholesale prices for 197 brand-name prescription drugs most frequently used by older Americans rose 3.4 percent during the first quarter of 2004, according to a report by AARP. Astudy released last month by AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) found that manufacturers' wholesale prices for 197 brand-name prescription drugs most frequently used by older Americans rose 3.4 percent during the three-month period ending March 31, compared with a 1.2 percent rate of general inflation for the same period." See also the full report, Trends in Manufacturer Prices of Brand-Name Prescription Drugs Used by Older Americans–First Quarter 2004 Update (Adobe Acrobat format).
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Coalition Report Calls for Overhaul of Health System
Psychiatric News story - " The report may be a sign that momentum is building toward another urgent national debate on health system reform, 10 years after the failure of the Clinton health reform initiative. It's déjà vu all over again. Ten years after a debate on national health system reform sputtered and died, a group calling itself the largest coalition of organizations focused on health care reform has issued an alarm: the nation's health care system is in crisis and needs immediate, fundamental, systemic reform. The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC), a Washington, D.C.–based advocacy group, issued a report calling for fundamental health system reform beyond anything that is being considered today in Congress." See also the full report, Building a Better Health Care System: Specifications for Reform (Adobe Acrobat format).
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Psychiatric News story - " The report may be a sign that momentum is building toward another urgent national debate on health system reform, 10 years after the failure of the Clinton health reform initiative. It's déjà vu all over again. Ten years after a debate on national health system reform sputtered and died, a group calling itself the largest coalition of organizations focused on health care reform has issued an alarm: the nation's health care system is in crisis and needs immediate, fundamental, systemic reform. The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC), a Washington, D.C.–based advocacy group, issued a report calling for fundamental health system reform beyond anything that is being considered today in Congress." See also the full report, Building a Better Health Care System: Specifications for Reform (Adobe Acrobat format).
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Mental health patients at risk from new legal rights (UK)
Story in The Herald - "Fears that shortages of staff and secure units will threaten new legal rights for mental health patients have been raised by one of Scotland's leading experts on the issue. Dr Sandra Grant, former chief executive of the Scottish Health Advisory Service, has spoken out after investigating Scotland's preparation for the new legislation."
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Story in The Herald - "Fears that shortages of staff and secure units will threaten new legal rights for mental health patients have been raised by one of Scotland's leading experts on the issue. Dr Sandra Grant, former chief executive of the Scottish Health Advisory Service, has spoken out after investigating Scotland's preparation for the new legislation."
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