Murder Zoloft 16/03/1997 Alabama 17 Year Old Commits Murder: Life Sentence
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment --><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/AC/04/transcripts/4006T1.doc">http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/AC/04/transcripts/4006T1.</a><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/AC/04/transcripts/4006T1.doc">doc<br /><br /></a>DR. RUDORFER:&nbsp; T<strong>hank you.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May we have the next speaker, please.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joyce Storey<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MS. STOREY:&nbsp; My son, Brian Storey, was 17<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; years old in 1997.&nbsp; Our family doctor diagnosed him<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; with severe&nbsp; depression.&nbsp; He took blood, checked<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; for drugs or any medical condition.&nbsp; He<br /><br />found<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; neither.&nbsp; He gave me 14 Zoloft pills and said come<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; back in two weeks.&nbsp; He never told me they had side<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; effects and he even said if a person is drinking or<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; doing drugs, that Zoloft works well with them.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Five days later, my son killed a woman.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; When they arrested him, he was drug-tested.&nbsp; They<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; found no illegal drugs, he was only on Zoloft.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; During his trial, the kids that testified with him<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; and against him said he did no drugs or alcohol.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The psychiatrist that examined him was Dr.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; James Merkangis from Connecticut.&nbsp; He is also a<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Doctor of Neurology and is on the faculty at Yale<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; University.&nbsp; He said Brian had a manic reaction to<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Zoloft.&nbsp; He testified Brian told him it was like<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; being in a dream.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The news media called my son the<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; All-American boy, and he was.&nbsp; He is now serving<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; life without parole.&nbsp; Six months later, another boy<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; at my son&#39;s high school, Jeff Franklin, 17 years<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; old, on Prozac, took an ax to both his parents and<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; three of his brothers and sisters.&nbsp; Both of his<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; parents died.&nbsp; He is serving two life sentences.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is not a coincidence.&nbsp; There is a<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; common denominator, teenager, severely depressed,<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; on an SSRI antidepressant.&nbsp; What is scary is<br /><br />that<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; you are only hearing from a few of us that this has<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; happened to, and there are a lot more out there.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am praying you will look at these drugs<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; very closely and, at the very least, take them out<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; of the hands of pediatricians and GPs.&nbsp; These<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; doctors are not psychiatrists, and they do not have<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; the knowledge and experience in treating mentally<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; ill children.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My son never had a chance.&nbsp; There are 13<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; million people on these drugs, 6 to 8 million are<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; children.&nbsp; The question is why are we handing these<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; drugs out like candy, and the answer is $17 billion<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; a year business.&nbsp; It is always about money.&nbsp; Please<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; help before more families are destroyed.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thank you.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DR. RUDORFER:&nbsp; Thank you.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Next speaker, please.<br /></strong> 
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