The global record of lives lost on prescribed drugs β and the lies that hid them. STATUS: OPEN β first filed 27 August 2026
This page exists so that no one else has to be told they are imagining the harm. The pattern described above β prescription without proper informed consent, harm, denial, blame shifting, and hidden records β is documented in the public regulatory record below. It is not hearsay. It is on the official record.
| Year | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | BBC Panorama exposes "Secrets of the Seroxat Scandal" β patients harmed by the SSRI paroxetine (Seroxat) say they were not warned of the risks, including suicidal thoughts and severe withdrawal. The regulator is caught off guard. | BBC Panorama 2002, documented (Wikipedia) |
| 2003 | The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) bans prescribing Seroxat to under-18s after unpublished trial data shows increased suicide-related events. | MHRA investigation into GSK |
| 2004 | The US FDA issues its controversial black-box warning β the strongest warning it can give β that antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behaviour in children and young adults. | Psychiatric News β FDA black-box warning |
| 2004β2012 | A GlaxoSmithKline memo becomes "exhibit 1" in a US Department of Justice criminal probe into GSK's fraudulent marketing and failure to disclose data β the memo showed the company knew of the risks while marketing the drugs. | US DOJ probe record (NSF archive, via Wayback) Β· David Healy, psychiatrist |
| 2004βpresent | Every fluoxetine (Prozac) label in the US FDA DailyMed database now carries the requirement that patients and families be informed of the risks before treatment β the exact informed consent that Darren says was never given to him. | FDA DailyMed β fluoxetine label |
| Ongoing | Civil cases continue: courts have examined whether patients at suicide risk were prescribed these drugs without proper warning (Mattson v. Idaho). | Mattson v. IDHW (CourtListener) |
Every row above links to the primary or secondary public record. Nothing on this page is invented.
Official, citable figures. Each number below comes from a named public source; this page does not estimate or invent figures.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Care leavers aged 18β24 β death rate vs the general population | ~4Γ higher β an estimated ~130 deaths per 100,000 care leavers (2025) | Government-commissioned care-leaver deaths review β BBC Β· LBC |
| Care leavers β suicide rate vs the general population | potentially ~5Γ higher | LBC (review reporting) |
| Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 2024 | 1,017 (down 13% year-on-year; still the highest rate in Europe) | National Records of Scotland β Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 2024 |
| Alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland, 2024 | 1,185 (down 7% year-on-year; a five-year low) | National Records of Scotland β Alcohol-specific deaths 2024 |
A concern this page records and is working to evidence β not yet proven: that some deaths of care-experienced people, and some deaths involving prescribed drugs, are not always fully verified against complete medical records in coroner/inquest reports. This is a claim to be substantiated with documents, and it is marked as such, not presented as settled fact.
Official, citable evidence on the mortality of children who grew up in care. The headline finding is from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, which tracked people for up to 42 years.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| All-cause mortality of care-experienced (looked-after) children vs the general population | ~1.6Γ higher β all-cause mortality hazard ratio ~1.62, persisting up to 42 years later | ONS Longitudinal Study β BMJ Open (PMC7238620) |
| What the excess deaths were attributed to | mainly unnatural causes β self-harm, accidents, and mental-health-related causes | ONS Longitudinal Study |
The same study examined children in residential settings specifically, and found mortality risk differed by age, sex and when care began. The full cohort is tracked in the ONS Longitudinal Study; this page cites the published study β it does not calculate its own figures.
This table is the living record. It is seeded with the documented regulatory milestones above; individual case entries are added only with a source, so the record stays honest. Entries without a verifiable source are marked unverified β awaiting evidence.
| Country | Year | Drug / class | What is documented | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2002β2003 | Paroxetine (Seroxat) | Harmed patients not warned of suicide-related risks; under-18s banned after data surfaced. | BBC Panorama, documented (Wikipedia) |
| United States | 2004 | SSRI antidepressants | FDA black-box warning: increased suicidality in children and young adults. | FDA via Psychiatric News |
| United States | 2004β2012 | Paroxetine (Paxil) | GSK criminal probe β failure to disclose risk data; internal memo became DOJ exhibit 1. | US DOJ record (via Wayback) |
| Global | 2004βpresent | Fluoxetine (Prozac) | Labels now mandate informing patients of risks β the consent that was historically withheld. | FDA DailyMed |
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