Legal Successes!
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a movement disorder caused by neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drugs, both the older ones such as Thorazine and Haldol and also the newer ones, such as Zyprexa, Risperdal, Geodon, Abilify and Seroquel. Although drug advocates often claim that the newer or atypical antipsychotic drugs cause TD at very low rate, this is simply untrue.
Dr. Breggin has been consulted in dozens of cases involving the newer antipsychotic drugs including Ability, Seroquel, Zyprexa and Risperdal. The great majority of Dr. Breggin's cases are settled out of court, sometimes for very large awards that have been justified by the extreme harm done to the victim. He has also been the expert in many cases that have been won in trial, including one in Canada and one in Alaska. Dr. Breggin has a particular concern about TD and the anguish and disability it inflicts on millions of patients around the world. Read more here.
- Court finds Prozac and Xanax cause suicide and criminal behavior
- Sentences reduced in antidepressant criminal cases
- Judges reduce sentences in latest Paxil and Prozac criminal cases
- Another case of Xanax- and Prozac-induced mania results in reduced sentence
- Virginia court applies involuntary intoxication rule
- Was school shooter Eric Harris (Columbine High School) taking Luvox?
- Prozac-like drug Luvox was being taken by teenager responsible for Littleton Columbine Highschool Shooting
- Dr. Breggin's publications on SSRI antidepressants, including medication induced-violence, suicide, and crime
- Dr. Breggin's publications on benzodiazepine-induced abnormal behavior
- Complete Judges' Opinion in Landmark Kaimowitz Trial
- Dr. Peter Breggin's two days testimony in landmark Kaimowitz Trial before 3 judge tribunal
- "Psychosurgery on mental patient barred" American Medical News, 11.12.1973
- "Psychosurgery Will Face Key Test in Court Today," by Jane E. Brody, The New York Times, March 12, 1973