Monthly Archives: May 2011

Reports by the National Addiction Centre and National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (11 May 2011)

WRITTEN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Addiction to Medicine Wednesday 11 May 2011 The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Anne Milton): I am pleased to inform the House that two reports on addiction to prescription and over-the-counter … Continue reading

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Email from Mary Heaton, Customer Service Centre, Department of Health to Stephanie Holliday (11 May 2011)

Dear Ms Holliday, Thank you for your email of 7 April to Anne Milton, Minister for Public Health, and Andrew Lansley, which you asked to be copied to me and some of my colleagues about addiction to prescription medicines. I … Continue reading

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Email from John Perrott to Dr June Raine, Vigilance & Risk Management of Medicines, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (07 May 2011)

Dear Dr Raine, Further to my enquiry regarding the Ativan 1974 data sheet I have copied an extract of the Australian guide compiled in 1978. This further shows that Wyeth at the time withheld information from the UK data sheet … Continue reading

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Email from John Perrott to Dr June Raine, Vigilance & Risk Management of Medicines, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (06 May 2011)

Dear Dr Raine, I have attached a letter I sent to Wyeth yesterday regarding the 1974 Ativan data sheet (also attached). Could you please explain to me how Wyeth managed to submit such a low warning regarding side effects and … Continue reading

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Letter from John Perrott to Devyani Fowler, Wyeth (05 May 2011)

Devyani Fowler Wyeth  (Pfizer Limited) Huntercombe Lane South Taplow Maidenhead Berkshire,  SL6 0PH                                                                         5th May 2011 Dear Devyani Fowler, I wrote to you last year regarding Ativan (lorazepam) and you responded by letter on 30th April 2010. I explained that … Continue reading

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Letter from Carolyn Preston, Assessor, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to John Perrott (03 May 2011)

Eric Ollerenshaw MP House of Commons London SW1A OAA 3 May 2011 Mr John Perrott, 20 Greenacre Court, Lancaster LA1 4LE Our reference: EN-106462I 0040 1. On 6 December 2010 you referred a complaint from Mr Perrott about the Department of … Continue reading

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