It is so easy to see the substance and factual content for Dr. Lucire’s whistle blowing that it reminds me of the Emperor’s New Clothes fable. What concerns me more is the denial and/or complicity of those that see, and do not act.

Another concern, are the repercussions of the restrictions placed upon Dr. Lucire.. . Dr. Lucire has unequivocally saved many people’s lives….in more ways than one. She has given of herself to her patients with unrivalled integrity and honesty. Her expertise untarnished by corrupt medical practices and peer pressure. Dr Lucire is an unusually honest and brave human who challenged a corrupt and self-centered industry. Restricting access to Dr. Lucire’s expertise and integrity will cause harm in itself.

What makes the hurt so much greater are articles like “drug induced akathisia” in Dec.2010 Australian Prescriber”, which do not acknowledge any of Dr. Lucire’s contribution to the raising of awareness of the issue. Dr. Lucire, after exposing the issue continues to be vilified while more eminent individuals and media start circulating the subject matter, and claim the credit .

And though in the end the public do see the emperor has no clothes, Dr. Lucire, whom first called the fact suffers damaging slander and disparagement which is never fully addressed. . Although our world may become a better place through this process, it is a superficial one, and the burning up of such an honest and courageous person is a horrendous and primitive by-product of change.

“Evil occurs because good people do nothing”.

Amazingly...more than 250 psychiatrists have been involved in the treatment of my son... Yet, only one psychiatrist ever asked him what effect these drug's were having upon his well-being. That psychiatrist was Dr.Yolande Lucire...and Dr.Lucire was'nt even treating him...

It appears that psychiatrists have become the pimps for the big PharMa...pushing the drugs. Was it Voltaire who stated that "...Doctors prescribe drugs of which they know little for patients of whom they know even less?"

Perhaps its time that those psychiatrists took note of he warnings of by Dr.Lucire..

I’m aware from the experience of family members that some people indeed get worse, not better on prescribed antipsychotic drugs and that doctors are loathe to recognise or acknowledge this. The fact that there is much literature on genetic causation as to why some do not respond and indeed become extremely toxic, does not seem to have reached the medical profession in Australia.
Why would this be?

Yes to an extent we live a global village, one that is becoming increasingly combined temporally and spatially using the concept of globalisation. The objective (they say) was to transcend local and international boundries linking trade, communications, legal systems, finance etc...
Despite these principles being implimented, Australia remains in a Dark hole, perceivably sealed off from the outside world, ignorant to progressive scientific reasoning. This scientific reasoing is presenting an excellent prima facie case for further examination and research in the Psychopharmacology and Pharmacogenetics arena. But as we can see, the health of the community is one that is best applied by spewing out Mantra's in the media rather than "real" and practical progression, one that is based upon scientific evidence and Not evidence that was paid for in what amounts to others peoples "ill-health".

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I am amazed that the level of ignorance within our (Medical and reglatory) establishments is anything but progressive in terms of protecting people. Yes they are protectionists, but only of profits, not health.
The political mantra's about health care seemingly and pragmatically amount to nothing more than comments designed to appease the masses. They have little or no scientific reasoning, rather allot of money to push and peddle the mass media machine into marketing products, no matter how harmful. Perhaps this political correctness of labelling all people with disease is nothing more than the most polite form of tyrany we have?
Indeed, It is reminiscent of the medievil raiders whose rhyming motto was to "rape, pillage, burn the village".
The next question is, do we live in an age of reason where human life is worth more than a political speech or hypnotically repititive mantra, or do we reside in a medievil village where the desire is "rape, pillage, burn the village".
One thngs for sure, when people like Dr Lucire are stigmatised for their exposure of an industry that is designed around making profit, not healthy people, we can only wonder what happened to reason, our reglatory system and human rights. The message i see is, if you help people aas Dr Lucire did, you are stigmatised and defamed. But if you poison people on mass, you are a hero.
With no surprise, I prefer to support Dr Lucire's sincere adherence to her duty of helping, not hurting.

FDA Patient Safety News (March 2007)

Genetic Testing to Help Reduce Chemotherapy Toxicity

Short Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866406980637597258#
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Links to FDA Patient Safety News article at
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/transcript.cfm?show=64#6

"Genetic Testing to Help Reduce Chemotherapy Toxicity

Everyone responds differently to medicines. The dose of a drug that cures one person can be ineffective-or even toxic-in someone else. Although many non-genetic factors play a role in how an individual patient responds to a particular drug treatment, many differences in drug response come from genetic variation. Individualizing a drug's dose based on pharmacogenomic information can help a patient get the most benefit from a drug while minimizing side effects.

Take the example of treating colorectal cancer with a chemotherapy regimen that includes Camptosar (irinotecan). A gene, called UGT1A1, produces an enzyme that metabolizes Camptosar. Variations in this gene can influence a patient's ability to break down the drug.

About 10 percent of the North American population has a variation of the UGT1A1 gene that reduces their ability to metabolize Camptosar, leading to high blood levels of the drug and a higher risk of toxic side effects. If these patients are given standard doses of Camptosar, about half will develop severe neutropenia, which can be fatal.

A test, called the Invader UGT1A1 Molecular Assay, can identify whether a patient has the genetic variant affecting the metabolism of Camptosar and thus would be at higher risk for developing severe neutropenia. The drug label says to consider lowering the starting dose of the Camptosar for those patients found to be high risk.

Additional Information:

Table of Valid Genomic Biomarkers in the Context of Approved Drug Labels. October 27, 2006.
FDA Clears Genetic Test That Advances Personalized Medicine. August 22, 2005.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Pharmacogenetics Fact Sheet. May 2006"