Disturbing Behavior

Peter (mostly) and I (less so) have had a taste of what others like Paul Offit and Fred Goodwin have faced in advocating the use of vaccines and antidepressants respectively and what scientists who engage in animal research endure regularly: abuse from out-of-control and obsessive hatemongers who receive succor and support -- or at the very least -- uncritical coverage by the media as the fail to engage on the substance of issues and instead attack motives and indulge in misleading and distorted use of selective reporting. Our willingness to challenge those who have been responsible for scaring people from using antidepressants have diverted attention away from the consequences of a decrease in use with blind fury, moving from antidepressants to antipsychotics without regard to the original argument or point, harping instead on funding sources with an obsession that reveals a lack of intellectual bandwidth and genuine hatred that borders on the personal.

The blogs that have allowed these posting -- unfiltered -- know better and bear a responsibility for allowing the attacks and vitriol to become so unhinged and personal. We recommend that you review some of the post as www.pharmalot.com
or www.pharmagiles.com   that in particular mocks my use of medications and that of my daughter's to see what we happily deal with....

These are sad, hateful people. The problem is they often reflect and influence the thinking of people like Brownlee and Lenzer who are considered mainstream.

We at CMPI are simply trying to insure that people get the right medicine at the right time. No more, no less.