A friend of a friend in England, who was apparently a very
together man,
committed suicide after taking a course of the drug, Zyban,
which is
exploding in use around the world as a "cure for smoking". His
relatives are
understandably asking if there is a connection.
According to the Telegraph, Doctors in Great Britain
monitoring the safety of Zyban, an anti-smoking drug,
have reported the deaths of 18 patients who had been
prescribed the medicine. Since
it became available on a prescription basis last June,
270,000 smokers in Britain have been given courses
of the drug, which works by inhibiting the craving
for cigarettes. The Telegraph reports that the British
version of the FDA, the Medicines Control Agency,
which is conducting an intensive monitoring program
on Zyban, has received reports of 3,457 patients complaining
of adverse reactions.
There have been 73 reports of people suffering seizures.
One of those was a Manchester ambulance driver who
crashed when responding to an emergency call. A
Department of Health spokesman said: "We have
asked GPs to report all suspected adverse reactions.
The drug has been widely prescribed so we were expecting
a large number of reports. Australian
Health authorities are investigating the deaths of
nine Australians to establish whether their use of
the controversial anti-smoking drug Zyban was a contributing
factor. Canadian officials are also investigating
the safety of Zyban, according to Health Canada data
dating back to September 1999- there have been 407
adverse events related to Zyban, of which include
three reported deaths. In
the United States, Zyban has been prescribed to more
than 5 million smokers since it was approved by the
FDA, as a prescription anti-smoking drug in 1997.
Previously, it was available as an antidepressant
under the brand name Wellbutrin. In
a New York Post story in May 2001, Dr. Jerome Giron,
pulmonary specialist at the NYU Downtown hospital
believes the deaths overseas should not be ignored.
Giron has prescribed Zyban to about 100 patients,
and only around a third have stuck with the drug for
the full eight-week course, he said. "I've
found it's not very well tolerated. People have said
that they feel "spaced out" and "jittery"
like they were going out of their minds. There've
been a lot of problems with nervousness."
I immediately found this article about the drug and it activates
still more
alarm bells. Can anyone offer anymore background or experiences
relating to
Zyban?
David Icke
source:
Injury Lawyer Network
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