Dr. S. Was, ..... overseeing the clinical trials of the drug Corlux/Mifepristone. These trials are aimed at gaining FDA approval of Corlux/Mifepristone as an anti-depressant. Corlux/Mifepristone has NO efficacy as an anti-depressant. NIH money is involved here. And as we noted in April - (here) - the National Institute of Health can't bother to even LOOK at what's done with $23 Billion of your TAX DOLLARS they hand out, to the likes of Schatzberg, Del Bello, & far too many others.
Sen. Charles Grassley of the U.S. Senate Finance committee has turned his eye upon Dr. Schatzberg. Dr. S. reported (to Stanford) a $100K conflict of interest he holds from the makers of Corlux/Mifepristone. Sen. Grassley's staff unearthed a few pence MORE than the reported $100K: Many pence, more than $100K.
University Diaries sums it up perfectly. Also see Jacob Goldstein at the WSJ Health Blog.
Corlux/Mifepristone has already been before the U.S. Senate under a Different name: RU-486 [Wiki]: the morning after abortion pill, where Wiki tells us:
"In clinical trials, nearly all women using mifepristone experienced abdominal pain, uterine cramping, and vaginal bleeding or spotting for an average of 9–16 days. Up to 8% of women experienced some type of bleeding for 30 days or more. Other less common side effects included nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue, and fever.[14] Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a very rare but serious complication.[15] Excessive bleeding and incomplete termination of a pregnancy require further intervention by a doctor (such as vacuum aspiration). Between 4.5 and 7.9% of women required surgical intervention in clinical trials.[14] Mifepristone is contraindicated in the presence of an intrauterine device (IUD), as well as with ectopic pregnancy, adrenal failure, hemorrhagic disorders, inherited porphyria, and anticoagulant or long-term corticosteroid therapy.[14]"Do the math. Some girl gets into trouble, in a State requiring parental notification for an abortion, and she's naturally a wreck. So it's wink, nod, and "Don't worry about it." from the TAX FUNDED school guidance counselor: a quick, kick backed referral to the shrink, and the Miracle Anti-Depressant Corlux (with NO Efficacy AS an Anti-Depressant) gets SOLD. And the rest of her life gets flushed along with the fetus, with a Psych label.
The FDA sheet is Here
And the Money? Dr. Schatzberg owns roughly $6 Million worth of Stock, .... in the Co. that makes Corlux/Mifepristone. Stanford has since removed Dr. S. from the Corlux project citing a possible "appearance" of a conflict of interest. $6 Million bucks is an "appearance" to out glare the strip in Vegas.
The APA's silence regarding Dr. Schatzberg's $6 Million ethics is, ... well, ... it's the APA. What did you expect? So is their silence over his ethical aptitude to Ring Lead their den of Dope Dealers. Might that be because the APA itself has a Cyclopean 'Ideate's' 3rd eye blind regarding a $6 MILLION DOLLAR COI as unethical?
Catch the opening crockery dance. Then call the Senate and House, and tell them it's YOUR MONEY, and you want THEM, to Dance the Same Dance on this Non-Science CROCK of Institutionalized, Tax Funded TAKE THE MONEY 'Mental Health'- and its Stinking Brain Damage. (see Psychdata for their article on Psychiatry & Brain Damage)
HealthCareRenewal has a pile of fascinating detail on this Corlux/Schatzberg fiasco.
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