ABSTRACT
In 2001, Lundbeck's new CEO, Ulf Wiinberg, denied in an interview that the increase in suicidal events with happy pills in children and adolescents means that the drugs increase the risk of suicide. An internal Lilly memo from 1984 reported that the German drug agency described two suicides and 16 suicide attempts among only 1427 patients on fluoxetine in clinical trials even though patients at risk of suicide were excluded from the trials. Antipsychotics are standard treatment for bipolar disorder, which is mainly iatrogenic, caused by Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs, and they are also used for depression when treatment with an antidepressant is not enough. A meta-analysis of the randomised trials of olanzapine and similar drugs given to patients with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia showed that 3.5% died on drug and 2.3% on pla.
