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Sunday, August 03, 2008

Candance Downing

Just another story of a 12 years old girl who killed herself.
From Alliance for Human Research part of the CBS test:

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2008(CBS) This report was created in special collaboration with BusinessWeek.

For five years, Mathy Downing has struggled for an explanation. Why would her daughter Candace - a happy 12-year-old - hang herself from the bedpost, leaving no notes and no clue? "We had no warning," Downing said. "Absolutely no warning."
The Downings blame Candace's suicide on the antidepressant drug Zoloft. They wondered why the doctor gave such a powerful drug when Candace's only complaint was anxiety in school. Then recently, in their lawsuit against the doctor, they think they found an answer, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports.
"I said, 'wait a second . what?'" said Candace's father, Andy Downing. Wait a second, because Candace's doctor, Matheme Selassie, had been paid around $12,000 making speeches touting Zoloft, with some of the payments coming from Pfizer, the drug's manufacturer.
The Downings blame Candace's suicide on the antidepressant drug Zoloft. They wondered why the doctor gave such a powerful drug when Candace's only complaint was anxiety in school. Then recently, in their lawsuit against the doctor, they think they found an answer, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports.
"I said, 'wait a second . what?'" said Candace's father, Andy Downing. Wait a second, because Candace's doctor, Matheme Selassie, had been paid around $12,000 making speeches touting Zoloft, with some of the payments coming from Pfizer, the drug's manufacturer.
The Downings believe the money influenced the prescription. "Did the doctor tell you he was taking Pfizer money?" Andrews asked Mathy Downing. "Absolutely not," she said. "How dare he! How dare he take money for a medication that killed our daughter."

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