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Sufferers sue 'happy pill'
firm for £30million
MARTIN DELGADO
UK
Daily Mail
Monday November 19, 2007
Pharmaceutical giant Glaxo-SmithKline is facing a £30million
damages claim from users of its anti-depressant Seroxat.
Lawyers representing patients who insist the bestselling drug
is addictive have issued the first of 600 High Court writs against
the company, each seeking compensation of up to £50,000.
Since first prescribed in Britain in 1990, Seroxat has been linked
to at least 50 suicides of adults and children.
GSK, which makes up to £1billion a year from the drug,
is already embroiled in lawsuits with American users, and has
been accused of failing to act on warnings that it could have
serious side-effects, including mood swings and personality changes.
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Mark Harvey, of law firm Hugh James, claims Seroxat is "defective"
under the 1987 Consumer Protection Act.
He said: "When patients took the drug, not only was there
no warning of withdrawal problems, there was also a statement
on the data sheet until about 2003 which said you cannot be addicted
to Seroxat.
"Unfortunately many people are havingdifficulties as they
try to withdraw from the drug, and there are a few who have not
been able to stop taking it."
Earlier this year the BBC's Panorama programme alleged that GSK
had covered up fears about Seroxat's safety, which the firm strongly
denied.
Full
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