Monthly Archives: June 2011

Professor Ashton’s comments on the NAC/NAT reports forwarded by Jim Dobbin MP to the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary for their response

Comments on reports from the National Addiction Centre (NAC) and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) (These comments apply to prescribed benzodiazepine users who do not misuse/abuse illegal drugs) The Ministerial Statement from the Department of Health, issued … 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 June 2011)

Dear Dr Raine, Thank you for your email and letter of 2nd June 2011 relating to theĀ Ativan data sheets and my assertion that Wyeth withheld informationĀ from the UK data sheets. You state that you are unable to investigate unless you … Continue reading

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Briefing for the APPGITA meeting on 7th June about the reports on addiction to prescribed medicine published by the NAC/NTA forwarded by Jim Dobbin MP to the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary for their response

Professor Ashton has fully endorsed my assessment which is as follows: 1. The reports recommend an 8-10 week withdrawal schedule. This completely disregards the current BNF guidelines stating that withdrawal may take up to a year. It also disregards the … Continue reading

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Letter from Dr June Raine, Vigilance & Risk Management of Medicines, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to John Perrott (02 June 2011)

Mr John Perrott 20 Greenacre Court Lancaster LA1 4LE 2 June 2011 Dear Mr Perrott Thank you for your emails of 6 and 7 May 2011 relating to the 1974 data sheet for Ativan and the information held by Wyeth … Continue reading

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