Healthy Skepticism Library item: 13842
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Publication type: news
Singer-Vine J.
Neurologist Sought Warning for Pfizer Drug
The Wall Street Journal 2008 Jun 20
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121391994049590353.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Full text:
A British neurologist who analyzed effects of the drug Neurontin told a court hearing Thursday that he advised its maker — now a unit of Pfizer Inc. — to include a warning on the drug’s label for potential side effects of depression and aggression, but his advice wasn’t followed.
The University of London neurologist, Michael R. Trimble, was testifying at a hearing to decide whether civil cases brought against Pfizer alleging suicides linked to Neurontin …
