INDEPTH: FAINT WARNING
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CBC News Online | Updated Dec. 8, 2005
BECKY'S
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A man in the tiny mountain village of Fruitvale, B.C., has filed a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons over the death of his wife, Becky Guinther, by a drug overdose.
Guinther had been addicted to prescription drugs for
at least five years before her death. She was one of
an estimated 10,000 B.C. residents believed to be addicted
to benzodiazepines.
Brian Jack spent five years and more than $250,000 dollars trying to take her doctors to court. He ran out of money before the case got to trial.
But Jack's quest for justice didn't stop. He wants better
surveillance of the way doctors across Canada prescribe
medication.
Reporter Gary Symons recounts the story in a radio documentary
called Becky's
Prescription from The
Current (Dec. 8, 2005) Runs 12:10
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The Current
Bob Carty examines Canada's system of post-market drug surveillance.
Part
1: Feb. 17, 2004 [Runs 19:49]
Part
2: Feb. 18, 2004 [Runs 23:35]
News
Pauline Dakin reports on problems with, and trends found in
Health Canada's ADR database, World Report, Feb. 17, 2004 [Runs
1:54]
Pauline
Dakin tells the Atkinsons' story, a New Brunswick couple whose
daughter died in hospital from a suspected ADR, World at Six,
Feb. 17, 2004 [Runs 6:53]
David
McKie recounts the story of the Paxtons, whose daughter faces
a life of struggle as the result of a suspected ADR to Accutane.
Feb. 17, 2004 [Runs 5:33]
Critics
call for Health Canada to pay more attention to the data. David
McKie reports. World Report, Feb. 18, 2004 [Runs 2:23]
Advocating
for change. David McKie takes a documentary look at those who
are calling for Health Canada to improve its system of post-market
drug surveillance. Feb. 18, 2004 [Runs 5:39]
Antidepressants,
kids, and warnings. Pauline Dakin takes a documentary look at
how Canada's post-market drug surveillance has handled the controversial
issue of SSRIs. Feb. 18, 2004
David
McKie reports on political response to changing Canada's ADR
reporting system, World Report, Feb 19, 2004 [Runs 1:31]
Martha's
story. David McKie looks at the story of Martha Murray, who
was taking lithium when she died. He also talks about response
to the series. Feb. 21, 2004 [Runs 12:22]
Newsworld Today
 CBC.ca
journalist Paddy Moore talks with Lorne Saxberg about the database
and making it available online, Feb. 17, 2004 [Runs 5:01]
Interview
Jean Marion,
director of scientific affairs for Rx&D, a pharmaceutical industry
group, in conversation with Bob Carty [Runs 13:42]
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