Deja vue.

http://www.fda.gov/CDER/warn/2007/Tykerb_wl.pdf

Glaxo Smith Kline has not got a good reputation in New Zealand, I think you would agree. This is where they can be found here

Prescription medicines
Our pharmaceutical products include treatments for asthma, COPD, breast cancer, bacterial infection, depression, bipolar illness, migraine, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, HIV/AIDS and epilepsy.
3TC, Alkeran, Amoxil, Aropax, Augmentin Injection, Augmentin Syrup, Augmentin Tablet, Avandia, Bactroban, Betnovate, Combivir, Eltroxin, Eumovate, Flixotide, Fortum, Imigran, Imuran, Kemadrin, Kivexa, Lamictal, Lanoxin, Lanvis, Leukeran, Malarone, Marevan, Mivacron, Myleran, Naramig, Neo Naclex, Puri-nethol, Requip, Retrovir, Seretide, Serevent, Timentin, Tracrium, Trandate, Trizivir, Tykerb, Ultiva, Valtrex, Ventolin, Zantac Injection, Zantac Syrup, Zeffix Oral Solution, Zeffix Tablets, Ziagen, Zinacef, Zinnat, Zofran Injection, Zofran Tablets, Zofran Zydis, Zovirax Dispersible Tablet, Zovirax Eye Ointment, Zyban

Non-prescription products
Becoderm, Bonningtons, Breathe Right, Cartia, Coldrex, Eno, Flixonase/Beconase, Horlicks, Lucozade, Macleans toothbrush, Macleans toothpaste, Macleans mouthwash, Panadeine, Panadol, Panadol Cold & Flu, Panadol Children's, Panafen Plus, Polident, Ribena, Sensodyne, Zantac, Zovirax

Vaccines
Boostrix, Boostrix-IPV, Cervarix, Engerix-B, Fluarix, Havrix, Hepatyrix, Hiberix, Infanrix-hexa, Infanrix-IPV, Mencevax ACWY, Rotarix, Twinrix, Typherix, Varilrix

Yes they were the ones who tried to get away with less vitC in ribena!!!!!!!!!!

Please be careful

"Some of your investigations found some equipment malfunctions and failures.
These are possible introduction pathways for microorganism contamination"

http://www.satori-5.co.uk/word_articles/misc/sandoz_in_trouble_dfa.html


And more...Sandoz U.S.A. 7 Violations Aug 2008
http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6891c.htm

And more,,,,Sandoz S.A. 40 faults Sept 2008
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-09-22-who-warns-against-drugs-from-sandoz-sa-plant

Wonder if they do this in NZ

It was in Italy that authorities publicised what is well known about GSK - that it actively bribes doctors and health services to use its drugs.
In just a two year period, Italian police said that GSK's bribes totalled more than quarter of a billion dollars
http://community.freespeech.org/realglobalnews_uk_company_profiles_glaxo

........Strike one came when Medsafe once again said, “keep on taking your drugs and consult your
doctor”, when UK regulators announced GlaxoSmithKline had been hiding adverse test results
of its anti-depressant drug Seroxat (aka Aropax). GSK had suppressed nine clinical trials which
showed the drug was ineffective in under eighteen year olds and raised the risk of suicide
behaviors. This raises the question. Can we trust Medsafe? Can we trust scientific proof when
20% of Scientists have adminted to changing the methodology, design or results of their studies
due to pressure from the organization paying for the study? (Source Nature 2005)......

http://www.healthfreedom.co.nz/EditorsLetter.pdf

Who CAN we trust??? - Nobody but ourselves

Have read that ALL Big Pharmas have court costs built into the drug cost.

i.e. If they are taken to court, We actually pay their court costs....

Now that sux !!!

Goldshield/Patel stuff

Drectors
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:TQSFtLkD1_gJ:www.goldshieldplc.com/pdf/press/2000/RA_2000.pdf+%22Company+registration+number:+2330913%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=nz&lr=lang_en

Serious Fraud
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article702184.ece

http://carm.otago.ac.nz/pdfs/Eltroxin_CARM_Summary_3.pdf

I had a friend here today who is still on GSK Heltoxin,She has had a number of mini strokes,feeling dizzy,blurred vision,exhaustion,memory loss and foggy thinking all in the past 2 years..I have repeatedly mentioned to her about the problems with GSK and to see if she could get her Doctor to change her prescription but she says "her doctor believes that there is nothing wrong with GSK"...and she trusts and believes him..and is too scared to make the change with out his approval..which I can understand in her condition.

NOW the Doctor says there is nothing more they can do for her..having just returned from another period in hospital.. and basically just waiting for the next stroke to happen...How sad is that????

and it makes me mad that this is still happening and there is nothing that I can do about it.

for her to take to her Dr? Can she change Dr's? Could she be brave and just stop taking them for a few days to see if there is any change - remember I felt better a day after I stopped taking them, as did other's I know.

Really - all she needs to do - is tell her Dr to change the script to Synthroid or Goldshield just to see if it makes a difference - that is no big drama nowadays as both are approved and subsidised. It's no skin off his nose. As he has no ideas as to how to treat her condition - she could say - just lets try this.

and have a chat with him yourself?
he should, at the very least, listen to your concerns
it's so easy to switch brands these days - not at all like this time last year!
Remember how hard it all was only 12 months ago?
How far we have come since then

I have printed stuff out for her and I have tried to give her support..but she really is frightened for her life now and clinging to her Doctor.
Will talk about being a support person..Thanks for the ideas
Caroline.

PS hope your meeting went well today

Does anyone know if GSK Eltroxin has caused epilepsy???

I haven't found anything specific to hypo and/or hypo meds yet but...

Epilepsy can be triggered by brain damage caused by other disorders such as:
•Brain tumors, alcoholism, and Alzheimer's disease can cause epilepsy because they alter the normal workings of the brain.
•Stroke, heart attacks, and other conditions that affect the blood supply to the brain (cerebrovascular diseases) can cause epilepsy by depriving the brain of oxygen. About a third of all new cases of epilepsy that develop in older people are caused by cerebrovascular diseases.
•Infectious diseases such as meningitis, viral encephalitis, and AIDS, can cause epilepsy.
•Cerebral palsy, autism, and a number of other developmental and metabolic disorders can cause epilepsy.
[http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/epilepsy/EPI_causes.html#env]

and we know that we have all experienced symptoms that could be likened to Alzheimer's - and isn't poorly treated hypo a 'metabolic disorder'?

just musing here - will go hunt for some more concrete links

HUGS to you & your friend Caroline

http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/canine_epilepsy

Hypothyroidism in dogs can cause sudden onset of epilepsy, unprovoked aggression, moodiness, depression, hyperactivity, anxiety, and other undesirable behaviors.

http://www.canine-epilepsy.com/HypoPBEpi.html

Although seizures are listed as a sign of hypothyroidism in some texts, a definitive cause-and-effect relationship has not been established. Nevertheless, some veterinarians feel that hypothyroidism can cause or at least exacerbate seizures in susceptible dogs.

How come they know all this about dogs? and not humans?

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/Curing_Epilepsy_Brochure.pdf
page 17

Epilepsy in Older Adults
Elderly adults have a higher risk of developing epilepsy than young adults. Stroke, Alzheimer’s
disease, hypothyroidism, pneumonia, and other illnesses common in the elderly sometimes cause
epilepsy, and some antidepressants and other drugs commonly prescribed for elderly people
may provoke seizures.
One study found that about 32 percent of all cases of newly developed epilepsy in elderly
people resulted from cerebrovascular disease, which reduces the supply of oxygen to brain
cells and can cause stroke or transient ischemic attacks. In addition, many elderly people
take medications that may interact with antiepileptic drugs.
Studies suggest that aging also changes receptors and cell metabolism in ways that alter sensitivity
to medication, and that people’s resistance to developing seizures diminishes with age.
Seizures in older people also are more likely to be severe than those in young adults.

Doesn't state how old 'elderly' is suppoesed to be, but it clearly links hypo with late onset epilepsy!
So, if your friend has been suffering long term with poorly treated hypo (stuck on the poison) my un-medical mind can see the possibility that it may have led to epilepsy

I have read through some of this..though the last one was a huge file for my dial up and too slow..but it does seem to be that the lowered absorption rate of GSK which certainly has led to much hypothyroidism for 1500 kiwis..could have led her to develop late onset epilepsy..

She has had all the symptoms of slurred speech,poor memory,confusion.terrible fatigue,elevated cholesterol levels,altered vision etc etc...I read on the site of the three thyroxine monkeys that the Doctor has come across his first case of myxodema..my friend would just fall asleep when she was talking..whether that is coming close to it I don't know but I have been terribly worried for her..curently she is out of hospital and back home but scheduled for more scans this week.she still doesn't think its GSK..

Link to Three thyroxine monkeys

http://www.macdoctor.co.nz/2008/09/07/three-thyroxine-monkeys/

Thank for you support Tracey much appreciated

Caroline