Making Americans into Zombies By Peter R. Breggin, MD “Live Like an American!” Radio Report No. 24 on the Savage Nation July 6, 2009 Audio available on www.breggin.com This report may be circulated provided the author and the source are identified. Not an exact transcript. In 2008 the so-called antipsychotic drugs became America’s best selling class of drugs with $14.6 billion in sales. These newer agents are called atypicals or second-generation antipsychotics, but they produce all the all hazards of the older drugs and some newer hazards as well. The drugs include Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Abilify and Geodon. Medications used to control cholesterol were second and antidepressants were fifth in sales. The use of these newer antipsychotics will continue to grow like a mushroom cloud over America. The FDA has recently approved Risperdal and Abilify for treating children with schizophrenia as young as age 13 and children with bipolar disorder as young as ten years old. Furthermore, a recent FDA panel has recommended that the agency approve the other antipsychotics, Zyprexa, Seroquel and Geodon, for children as young as ten. It’s absurd and potentially deadly to give adult diagnoses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to children. It stigmatizes the children for a lifetime, while shortening their lifespan with toxic drugs. Children as young as age one are being put on these chemical toxins. It’s ironic that the panel recommended approval of these drugs shortly after the Department of Justice fined Eli Lilly $1.4 billion for criminal activities partly involving the illegal marketing of Zyprexa to children. What evidence was given to the FDA panel to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of these drugs? Were there dozens of studies lasting months or years? As an example, here’s the total evidence used by the FDA panel before recommending Geodon for children—one very marginal study that lasted four weeks. None of the studies went beyond six weeks. Meanwhile, the worst and most deadly effects won’t be detected in such small and short-term studies. They usually show up after a few months or more of exposure. For example, tardive dyskinesia usually won’t usually be detected before three months. It’s a movement disorder that disfigures and disables children, and that afflicts young adults taking these drugs at the astronomical rate of about 5% per year or 15% or more in three years. We don’t have good studies on the rates in children, but I’m already seeing dozens of cases of tardive dyskinesia in kids caused by the newer antipsychotics and the rates are probably at least as high in children as adults. Another adverse effect of these drugs is neuroleptic malignant syndrome. It’s a potential fatal disorder that looks very much like a viral inflammation of the brain and it occurs in 1-2% or more of adults taking antipsychotics. Again, there are no reliable studies in children. These same antipsychotic drugs also cause little boys and girls to develop breast tissue and even to lactate, and some horrendous cases cannot be surgically corrected even after the drug is stopped. The antipsychotic drugs cause extreme obesity and elevated cholesterol. They cause diabetes and pancreatitis, and I’ve evaluated fatal cases in young people. In adults they also dramatically shorten the life span, not only by causing fatal diseases, but also by causing so much apathy and indifference that adults stop taking care of themselves. So if children continue taking these drugs for years, they are guaranteed a shortened life. Animal studies show that these drugs are very toxic to cells throughout the body, including the brain, causing shrinkage of brain tissue and distortions in neuronal growth. I have documented all of this in my recent medical book, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Second Edition (2008). The antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal, Zyprexa, Abilify, Geodon and Seroquel have their clinical impact by causing severe impairment of the frontal lobes—the highest mental centers. They cause actual chemical lobotomies. So the most obvious effect, like surgical lobotomy, is to make people emotionally sluggish and indifferent. They care less about everything, including themselves and other people. They care less about their opinions and their values or higher ideals. That’s how the drugs work—but causing apathy. Many people lose their independence. Some become zombie-like. What does it mean that these lobotomizing agents have become the most widely used drugs in America according to sales figures? How is that possible? First, it means that the drug companies have done a lot of illegal promoting of these drugs to a much wider general population. They are being prescribed for everything from mild anxiety to mild insomnia. Most appalling to me, in children they are being used control behavior—that is, to chemically lobotomize children who haven’t been taught self-discipline by their parents and teachers, or who are bored in school. It points to something terrible happening in America when so many people are willing to take these lobotomizing agents or to inflict them on children. I think in part it indicates a growing streak of helplessness and hopelessness in America—an unspoken undercurrent among our citizens that we’re better of with less brainpower, less intellect, less awareness, and less feeling. It’s going to make it much easier in the political arena to turn Americans into a helpless group of dependents who rely on the state rather than on themselves. This brings me to my weekly refrain called The Primary Principles: Protect freedom Take responsibility at all times Express gratitude for all your gifts and opportunities Become a source of love
Yes I think its pretty scary that most Americans are so gullible when it comes to medications that these asshole doctors are throwing around. They have convinced the majority that they need drugs just to function in society. I got busted awhile ago and went through the whole probation thing, part of it was I had to get a physical. At the time I was insured but never went to the doctor, so when the doc finally see's me the first question he asked was '' What type of prescription do I take or is there anything I think I might need?" WTF, I told him none and I did not want any. He got kind of indignant and pissy with me after that and kept trying to find something physically or mentally wrong so he could write a script for something. Finally he gave up, told me I was the heathiest person he's seen in a while and gave me a clean bill of heath for probation. From that point on I have really stated to notice how doped up this society is, and just how hard big pharma is working to keep us that way. These are the same people working their asses off to keep weed illegal and keep the wheels turning, I guess I could go on forever:willy_nilly:
I took a few mg of Risperdal, I had a bad feeling.. Like a reverse tunnel vision. Felt like slow motion and the whole left side my face felt like I was having a stroke.. lock jaw type shit.. quazy drugs the va doc man give me.. guess to keep me quiet about the ufo landing strip in Afghanistan..:coffee:
"In 2001, 2.8 billion prescriptions were filled in the United States for an average of 9.9 prescriptions per person. This statistic taken from Ultraprevention, by Drs. Mark Hyman and Mark Liponis, certainly supports their point that "drug industry prescriptions have gotten far out of hand." The overabundance of prescriptions isn't because of a rise in illnesses or the availability of new drugs that effectively and safely treat chronic diseases; rather, it is because of the corruption of mainstream medicine. The philanthropy that was once present in modern medicine has been replaced by a love of money, which gave rise to an elaborate system of bribery, conflict of interest and deception..."-Physicians and Bribery: A Closer Look At This Common Medical Industry Practice There is a pill for everything now and they are more then willing to give it to you.
Meds aren't even needed anymore to make zombies. In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, over 60% of Americans believed that the 9/11 hijacker were Iraqis. And that belief was instilled by a slipshod administration doing nothing more than saying 'Saddam' and '9/11' in the same breath over and over. Then a few years later the pendulum went the other way with people believing the administration secretly planted explosives in the towers and the aircraft impacts and fires were just a ruse. People will believe anything. .
And for the few people left who appeal to practical reason and represent an obstacle to the government, force-feed them that new pharmaceutical called Gullibliss. Yes, Gullibliss. Just 5 mg will make you believe anything you are told and instills the sense of relief and bliss that results from not having to think critically and grapple with facts. .
Well the long term effects are not going to be good with any medication really. A friend of mine has been on Zyprexa for years and has been fine, although when he was on different medication before that it really disagreed with him. Dosage and tolerance also play a huge role.
