Amercian Genocide by American Home Products/Wyeth Pharmaceutical

LETTER of PETITION


A New Pandora's Box: Taxpayers/families Pays The Cost For Drug Company
GREED

Under the global settlement people who were not aware of Phen Fen/Redux
damages after March 30, 2000 are excluded from their legal rights to bring
suit due for Neurological damages caused by these diet drugs.

The Global settlement has taken away the right to opt out of the class
action law suit and bring an individual lawsuit against AHP/Wyeth.

These victims lose their rights to bring suit.

Furthermore, Phen Fen/Redux neurotoxicity clinical studies are still in
progress. The neurotox victims have to wait for these scientific facts to be
published. This study would show neurotoxology from fen-phen was as
damaging as Primary Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Valve Disease.

How can a victims right to claim neurological damages without the scientific
data be excused?

What will happen after the statue of limitation runs out while the
scientific evidence is gathered?

What rights do the victims and their families have?

We will never be whole... as long as the burden of proof keeps resting on
our shoulders...we can't receive adequate medical treatment. Think about the
huge tax burden on the American tax payer. This drug from the 90's is going
to reek havoc as we progress into our senior years. If this is happening
now in our prime of life 40-50, God help the American Taxpayer for having to
dole out the medical and residential health care cost.
All the irresponsible, greedy pharmacticial corporation cares about the
bottom line PROFIT not the welfare of the American People.
What happened to Corporate Responsibility and Good will.


To the President of the United States of America
Attorney General Ashcroft
U.S. Department of Health
Congress of the United States
United States Senate
Federal Judges
FDA

We the undersigned as American Citizens and believers in the Constitution of
the United States of America, demand a Congressional hearing into the
fraudulent and misleading treatment of the victims of Fen Phen and Redux by
American Home Products (AHP)/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
After being lead to believe we were taking a safe and tested Federally
approved diet drug, American Home Products/Wyeth knowingly hid the truth
about the dangers associated with the Fen Phen/Redux combination. AHP/Wyeth
knew from studies done in the 1960's, that these drugs caused damages and
where banned in Europe. The side effects of heart, lung and neurotoxic brain
damage were well known and documented. AHP/Wyeth kept this information from
consumers despite their acknowledgment of knowing the dangers of these
drugs.
Thousands of victims are now dead, dying or suffering other assorted
ailments, because of Fen Phen/Redux and we believe AHP/Wyeth has gotten
literally away with murder.
Many people who now suffer from irreversible conditions, such as
Neurological Brain Damage will not be able to have their day in court,
because of a one sentence disclaimer buried in the claimant package, which
was sent to victims who had used the drugs. Neurotoxic damage studies which
are now in progress at John Hopkins Medical Center will give the burden of
proof needed.
Unfortunately time is not on the victims side. While most of the package
spoke about Heart Valve Damage and Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, some
people did not suffer from these symptoms and were at a loss as to how to
respond. In other cases the heart and lung diseases masked the neurological
symptoms, so neurotox was not taken into account. Their rights were taken
away, not only by being given false and misleading information, but also by
not being allowed to bring suit against a company which knowingly sold
poison to people who hoped to lose weight.
This is a case were the law is ahead of the scientific proof. Statues of
limitations and lack of knowledge of what is causing a victims symptoms will
cause many former Fen phen/Redux users not to be treated fairly and they
will be unable to afford proper medical treatment.

Sincerely,


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE POLITICS BEHIND THE PHARMACTICIAL COMPANIES
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: EVIDENCE OF WRONG DOING:

Fenfluramine(Pondimin) which is made by American Home Products has caused
neurological injuries in the people who have used it for dieting. This
drug is similar to the drug MDMA (Ecstasy). The FDA approved the drug and
has in the past 5 years withdrawn it from the market. The damage has been
done and more and more people who used this drug are seeing the after
effects.
The media is not reporting this, the government doesn't care and the
attorneys want only a sure win.

Specifically, we assert that American Home Product has known of and engaged
in the suppression of the truth concerning the drug's ability to cause
neurological damages. We assert that American Home Product/Wyeth has
knowingly and fraudulently concealed facts surrounding its drug's deadly
side effects. Documented findings of cover-ups supporting our demand
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Insomnia, anxiety disorders, severe depression, memory loss, change of
behavior, sleep apnea, anxiety, serotonin depletion, psychotic episodes and
suicide attempts and suicide.
Former Fen-Phen users complain of having MS, Fibromyalgia, Pain Receptor
Disorder. Adrenal and Pituitary tumors, Carcinoid syndrome, Nash, panic
attacks, concentration problems, memory loss,
neuropsychiatric/neuroendocrine
problems, early menopause, sleep disturbances and much more.....
People are sufferers from the neurotoxicity especially women . Please do
your research. This is a big company just like the tobacco companies. They
have the money and power to silence this epidemic.. Let your voice be
heard!


AHP/Wyeth knew the drug Phen Fen and Redux were dangerous.
An investigated reporter Alicia Mundy's book "Dispensing with the Truth"
exposed the lies, corruption, greed, political Pac money and yes, even
death of the victims of American Home Products/Wyeth.



Official court notice from litigation packet: page 14 from AHP

AHP said in their own statements. "Some people believe that a very subtle
kind of brain damage neuropsychatric or neurotoxic injury may be caused by
the use of Pondimin (Phen Fen) and/or Redux".

The question of whether such brain injury can occur as a result of diet drug
use is controversial. Also, there are presently no published clinical
studies that show that people who took Pondimin or Redux have any brain
injury as a result. The settlement provides on benefits for such
neuropsychiatric or neurotoxic injuries. If you do not OPT OUT of the
settlement, you will not be able to pursue in court any claims for
neuropsychiatric or neurotoxic injury.

There Second Filling Final Judicial page 17 from AHP

You can assert claims based only on the heart valve or value of the diet
drug users diagnosed as FDA Positive or as having mild mitral regurgitation
on or before Jan 3, 2003 and based on the condition giving rise to the
opt-out. No claims can be brought relating to other heart values or other
health conditions such as alleged NEUROLOGICAL INJURIES.

The evidence is supported and collected by the author Alicia
Mundy "Dispensing With the Truth", St. Martin Press. Court, scientific and
internal documents.

Excerpts from "Dispensing with the Truth", Alicia Mundy

NEUROTOXICITY ISSUES:

pg. 56

"Leo was handed the Redux NDA on June 20, 1993, seven months after
joining the FDA. The drug had been proposed to the agency in 1992 and
already had a tortured history by the time Leo became the senior safety officer in charge of it.

Lisa Stockbridge, the junior safety officer on the NDA, had briefed him on
potential problems. The two most serious were a lung disease called,
primary pulmonary hypertension, and neurotoxicity effects on the brain,
memory and behavior."

pg.57

In December 1993 "Dr. John Lehmann dropped a bombshell: As a researcher at
Servier from 1988 to 1990, looking at the effects of Pondimin and Redux on
the brain, a worried Lehmann had told his supervisor that his results
"implied a neurotoxic effect of the drug.
Servier's response was quick and tough. Lehmann's boss wrote him a note
warning that he would be reported the next time he said anything about the
toxic effects of the drug."
When Dr. Lehmann called this action "blackmail", he was fired immediately.


pg 57

"Meanwhile, the FDA began debating the more widespread implications for
neurotoxic and psychiatric side effects. Leo had heard anecdotal reports
ranging from insomnia and lack of sex drive to anxiety, severe depression,
and suicide attempts."

pg. 60 Mundy's book (February 1995)

"Wyeth, and its PR team at Edelman Medical Communications, were planning to
capitalize on the ALLURE article. Phasing out Pondimin was just not on
their to-do list. Interestingly, the ALLURE article flagged
problems with memory loss among users, one of the neurotoxic effects.
But it contained one glaring error. Discussing pulmonary hypertension, Mike
Weintraub called the side effect "incredibly rare" and told the writer that
it "disappears when the drug is discontinued."

pg. 67

"Wyeth was completely dismissive of the neurotoxicity arguments. There
weren't any serious studies on the neurotox effects of Redux on humans,
Wyeth supporters noted.
THAT'S the point, the toxicologists retorted; such studies should have been
done by this time-and certainly now, BEFORE
Redux was approved."

pg. 71

(Letter from Interneuron & Servier's
attorney, Frank Sasinowski to FDA official Bilstad)

"Sasinowski wrote Bilstad the kind of letter that sends good-government
activists into tailspins.
"Sasinowski outlined a way to deal with the touchy issues of side effects
and the controversial matter of neurotoxicity, suggesting Bilstad simply
say, "We did not have any materials on hand at the last meeting"

pg 72
(Interneuron vs. Seiden & Molliver and their opposition based on
neurotoxicity.)

"Accompanying that note, (from Cooper), was a secret "dossier" that
Interneuron had been compiling on Molliver, Seiden, and three other
scientists who opposed Redux."

pg. 72

"With the neurotox issue nixed, that only left PPH to be disposed of, once
and for all."

pg. 90

"Then there were psychotic episodes- psychiatrists complained that some
patients on Fen-Phen suddenly developed severe depression and there'd been
a couple of bizarre events where patients needed to be admitted to the
hospital for psychosis.

pg.91

"But the shrinks didn't like what they were seeing. And the cardiologist
were plain puzzled."

From pg.171

"An internal Wyeth memo to a top Wyeth director dated January 14, 1993
noted that Servier executive, Mado Tremblay was worried that the FDA wanted
to make Wyeth send a letter warning physicians about neurotoxicity. "

What happened? According to Mundy, Madame Tremblay went over Dr. Leber's
head...and met with his boss. Keeping him from requesting the FDA send
letters warning physicians of neurotoxicity.
"No Dear Doctor letter on neurotoxicity was sent."

pg.171

"In January 1997, Marilyn Rhudy, a VP for Government Affairs at Wyeth,
attended a dinner with her boyfriend, a prominent player in PHARMA. Also on
hand was the vice president of BIPAC, the Business & Industry PAC, a major
contributor to politicians with a strong anti-regulatory record. The dinner
was called by McCollum himself to explore the possibility of his running
for the Senate and to see how much financial support he would get.
During the dinner, Rhudy realized that McCollum had "a strong working
relationship' with Tom Constantine of the DEA. "I believe that ...a
behind-the scene opportunity exists in regard to Redux descheduling.", she
wrote in a memo, referring to McCollum's influence on the DEA.
"I envision a low-key approach to McCollum that will keep our efforts below
the 'radar screen' of public scrutiny, she said.

Other documents written by Wyeth executives suggested several strongly
worded questions for Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire to ask the DEA
about Pondimin descheduling. And they indicated that AHP had drafted a
letter complaining about the DEA, which they wanted a member of Congress to
sign and send over".

If descheduling showed how the companies worked in Washington DC, the
enduring neurotoxicity issue helped illustrated how they manhandled the FDA.
An internal Wyeth memo to the top Wyeth director dated Jan. 14, 1993, noted
that Servier executive Mado Tremblay was worried that the FDA wanted to make
Wyeth send a letter warning physicians about neurotoxicity. Dr. Paul Leber
of the FDA"has threatened that if we do not comply, FDA will make such an
announcement themselves".

Our President George W. Bush has ties with AHP's law firm.

pg.161
"In Texas, Arnold & Porter had picked Vinson & Elkins, a legal monolith that
was "wired". It was linked to many politicians, including George W. Bush.
The Texas defense team was so large that it eventually took over the top of
Tandy Center in Fort Worth Texas. Vinson & Elkins was listed as the
number-two corporate contributor to the presidential campaign of George W.
Bush by the Wall Street Journal in spring 2000.

pg.385
The Washington Legal Foundation, a think tank partly funded by industry,
began pushing for a new form of tort reform. It urged legislation that
would prevent anyone from suing a pharmaceutical company over a drug once it
had been approved by the FDA. Their position was that, if the FDA had okayed
the drug, the manufacturer had obviously complied with FDA rules and
had given the agency (FDA) all the necessary information so the company
should not be liable, if their drug caused problems.The truth was the FDA
was not going to approve the drug. They voted against Redux 5-3. Dr. Jim
Bilstad, a director of the FDA office supervising endocrine and metabolic
drugs, blundered according to some FDA officials. He made sure the meeting
was held again with the vocal Redux supporters attending. Approved 6-5 .

"This "drug will kill people"!
It finally took brave men and women to stand against AHP and the FDA.
Many were fired, but the truth came out by some smart Texans and polished
Easterners.

"Eight years ago, Dr. George Ricaurte at John Hopkins School of Medicine
gave Redux and Fen-Phen to animals. He found that those drugs made the
neurons in the brain that produce serotonin swell up and die. In other
words, they caused permanent brain damage. His study was published in the
most prestigious English medical journal, the LANCET." .....
"Scientists at the prestigious John Hopkins University Medical Center
conducted similar studies. Neurologist Dr. Mark Molliver found that their
results were identical and informed the FDA drug companies. The drug
manufacturers quickly responded that the brain damage was temporary, and
the neurons would grow back.
So Johns Hopkins' scientists did PET and CAT scans of the subjects' brains
several months after they had stopped taking the drugs. They found no
indication of re-growth. In fact, Dr. Molliver said that even if there was
any re-growth, the neurons would probably be malformed.
Brain damage is hard to quantify, because it effects are so subtle. Many
scientists suspect that people who overindulged in Fen-Phen may become
senile at a much younger age than would be normal.".............

Big Corporations have DEEP POCKETS and Politicians are Bought for a Price.
As an American citizen, I cherish the constitution of the United States of
American. The freedom of speech, life liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness, American Home Products, while pursuing their own happiness has
violated our rights of happiness and a healthy safe life.

Please contact your Congressmen and Senators.
To check on your representative and if they accepted contributions.
The politicians that accepted money from this company can be found on the
www.fec.org.




Below are names and articles on the effect of Fen-Phen:

Dr. Paul I. Yutsis -Gero Vita International Magazine, Toronto, Canada -Brain
Damage "Inside- Warning from John Hopkins University on Diet Drugs"
Phen-fen "permanent brain damage of Fen-Phen

Check out the following URL's.

www.cnn.com/Health/9612/20/fen.phen4/index.html

www.shpm.com/articles/eating/other/phen.html

Phen/Fen Dangers?

http://www.shpm.com/articles/eating/other/phen.html

Functional consequences of central serotonin depletion produced by repeated

fenfluramine administration in Rats

http://www.biopsychiatry.com/fenfluramine.htm

Interviews with two foremost researchers into neurotoxicity who hold

opposing views

http://www.ecstasy.org/info/interviews.html

Experience of an MDMA research subject-Round2

MDMA-ecstasy-same as fenfluramine

http://www.mdma.net/mdma.htm.

neurotic people may have weaker immune system
www.asktom-naturally.com/naturally/neuro.html

amino acids and neurotransmitters

www.time.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,46162-3

NIH Studies:Neurology


National Fibromyalgia Research Association

www.afsafund.org/research.htm

American Fibromyalgia syndrome Association, Inc

www.health.ufl.edu/hscc/news/2000/2000-11-02-n001.htm.

Dr. Staud -University of Florida - Gainesville -discovered abnormal pain
memory results from a central nervous system.

JAMA / volume:280 (page: 1041)
Vol. 280 No. 12,
September 23/30, 1998
http://www.biopsychiatry.com/fenphen.htm
http://www.biopsychiatry.com/fenmood.htm