Tuesday, September 13, 2005
ELVY ROBICHAURD - WILL THE MINISTER INVESTIGATE????
Or will he do like the Premier? Ignore Ritalin, VLT'S Boarders and roomers rights..etc etc etc
NEW BRUNSWICK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - MAN HAS TO SH@T IN A GARBAGE BAG!!!!
BE FORWARN IN ADVANCE!!!! IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH???? DON’T BOTHER READING THIS BLOG!!!!
Yes, when a person volunteers at the soup kitchen, you heard a lot of stories from the so call low income people.
While standing outside having a smoke, I noticed Robert walking by.
I used to lived at 114 Brunswick Street until I moved out a few weeks ago.
I heard a disgusting rumor going around so I approached Robert in front of two individuals with this question?
He appeared sober so I decided to question the poor guy.
I asked - Is it true that you have to sh@t in a bag because you’re not allowed to use the washroom?
He told me that it is indeed true but can he do? Sh#t in the middle of the street?????
Once garbage day arrives, he drops the garbage bag full of sh#t near the sidewalk.
I feel bad for the workers who have to pick this bag from the ground or the families who walks in that area on garbage day.
He used a large bottle to urinate.
It’s very very very sad!
I told the guy that I was going to write about this issue and he told me to go ahead.
I had a chat about this issue with George Piers who runs the Fredericton Soup Kitchen and he’s right on when he said - When you rent a room to someone? There are guide lines to follow such as providing the roomer or boarder with a washroom.
It’s so bad at 114 Brunswick Street that the people are force to live in unconditional atmosphere.
The fridge and stove upstairs are dirty and fitly.
The stove hasn’t been clean in years.
Take a look at the difference between the stove downstairs and upstairs.
This is the one downstairs.
Robert for an individual who has a drinking problem keeps his room very clean. < Better than mine >…lol…
Not once have I seen his room dirty but there’s a problem. Robert is force to keep his door shut and there’s no window for clean air. He pays $300.00 per month and he can't use the washroom.
There’s only a large picture window on the front. That room shouldn’t be rented in the first place.
Yes, I am glad that I am out of that place but the sad part is that he can’t complain to the Health Department, the rentalman or the police.
If he complains? The caretaker will call the Fredericton Police Force and they will tell the poor guy that he has one hour to leave the premises.
I told Bard Green of this problem 48 hours ago but nothing seem to move on the issue.
My case will be in the Human Rights Commission this week and if by chance?
They say - Sorry Charles! There’s nothing that can be done! Well? I will tell them to phone the Police immediately because they are the ones who sent me to the Commission.
Somehow or someway??? I will get to the bottom of this sad state of affair.
It’s a waste of time to go to the Department of Health.
My God? I even caught four mice in my room.
Where the problem lies is with Family Services because they get so little on welfare? They are very fortunate to have a roof over their heads. If the place is full of UFFI or condemn? They are still fortunate to live in these conditions.
Peter Kessels from the Rentalman office told me they received 4 to 6 complaints a week from roomers of boarders but nothing can be done!
I will email a letter to Elvy Robichaud and if nothing is done? I will see the minister face to face and if this doesn’t do the trick? I confront the Minister of Health and Justice on the talk shows.
The emotional question is this? If this happens here? What the hell is going on in the rest of the Province?
When I stood up in April at a Anti-Poverty meeting < FAPO > and told the 80 people present of boarders and roomers having no rights? One girl stood up and said -
What Charles is saying is true! You must listen to what he's saying!!! Many came to me face to face and told me the same sad story!
These poor individuals are not allowed to use the washroom and I might add there’s little heat in that building during the cold winter months. God help them all!!!!
Lets see if the Health Department goes there for a visit? Stay tune!
Of course this is just Charles complaining again so therefore I should be ignored at any cost. Why don't I just mind my own business????
Yes, when a person volunteers at the soup kitchen, you heard a lot of stories from the so call low income people.
While standing outside having a smoke, I noticed Robert walking by.
I used to lived at 114 Brunswick Street until I moved out a few weeks ago.
I heard a disgusting rumor going around so I approached Robert in front of two individuals with this question?
He appeared sober so I decided to question the poor guy.
I asked - Is it true that you have to sh@t in a bag because you’re not allowed to use the washroom?
He told me that it is indeed true but can he do? Sh#t in the middle of the street?????
Once garbage day arrives, he drops the garbage bag full of sh#t near the sidewalk.
I feel bad for the workers who have to pick this bag from the ground or the families who walks in that area on garbage day.
He used a large bottle to urinate.
It’s very very very sad!
I told the guy that I was going to write about this issue and he told me to go ahead.
I had a chat about this issue with George Piers who runs the Fredericton Soup Kitchen and he’s right on when he said - When you rent a room to someone? There are guide lines to follow such as providing the roomer or boarder with a washroom.
It’s so bad at 114 Brunswick Street that the people are force to live in unconditional atmosphere.
The fridge and stove upstairs are dirty and fitly.
The stove hasn’t been clean in years.
Take a look at the difference between the stove downstairs and upstairs.
This is the one downstairs.
Robert for an individual who has a drinking problem keeps his room very clean. < Better than mine >…lol…
Not once have I seen his room dirty but there’s a problem. Robert is force to keep his door shut and there’s no window for clean air. He pays $300.00 per month and he can't use the washroom.
There’s only a large picture window on the front. That room shouldn’t be rented in the first place.
Yes, I am glad that I am out of that place but the sad part is that he can’t complain to the Health Department, the rentalman or the police.
If he complains? The caretaker will call the Fredericton Police Force and they will tell the poor guy that he has one hour to leave the premises.
I told Bard Green of this problem 48 hours ago but nothing seem to move on the issue.
My case will be in the Human Rights Commission this week and if by chance?
They say - Sorry Charles! There’s nothing that can be done! Well? I will tell them to phone the Police immediately because they are the ones who sent me to the Commission.
Somehow or someway??? I will get to the bottom of this sad state of affair.
It’s a waste of time to go to the Department of Health.
My God? I even caught four mice in my room.
Where the problem lies is with Family Services because they get so little on welfare? They are very fortunate to have a roof over their heads. If the place is full of UFFI or condemn? They are still fortunate to live in these conditions.
Peter Kessels from the Rentalman office told me they received 4 to 6 complaints a week from roomers of boarders but nothing can be done!
I will email a letter to Elvy Robichaud and if nothing is done? I will see the minister face to face and if this doesn’t do the trick? I confront the Minister of Health and Justice on the talk shows.
The emotional question is this? If this happens here? What the hell is going on in the rest of the Province?
When I stood up in April at a Anti-Poverty meeting < FAPO > and told the 80 people present of boarders and roomers having no rights? One girl stood up and said -
What Charles is saying is true! You must listen to what he's saying!!! Many came to me face to face and told me the same sad story!
These poor individuals are not allowed to use the washroom and I might add there’s little heat in that building during the cold winter months. God help them all!!!!
Lets see if the Health Department goes there for a visit? Stay tune!
Of course this is just Charles complaining again so therefore I should be ignored at any cost. Why don't I just mind my own business????
ARE ADHD DRUGS SAFE????? REPORT FINDS LITTLE PROOF!!!
Are ADHD drugs safe? Report finds little proof
M. ALEXANDER OTTO; The News Tribune
Published: September 13th, 2005 12:01 AM
At a time when millions of children and adults are taking drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the most comprehensive scientific analysis of the drugs to date has found little evidence that they are safe, that one drug is more effective than another or that they help school performance.
The 27 drugs studied included Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, Ritalin, Focalin, Cylert, Provigil, and others that, in some households, are well-known for their sometimes calming affects.
The 731-page report was done by the Drug Effectiveness Review Project, based at Oregon State University. The group analyzed 2,287 studies – virtually every investigation ever done on ADHD drugs anywhere in the world – to reach its conclusions.
They found:
• “No evidence on long-term safety of drugs used to treat ADHD in young children” or adolescents.
• “Good quality evidence … is lacking” that ADHD drugs improve “global academic performance, consequences of risky behaviors, social achievements” and other measures.
• Safety evidence is of “poor quality,” including research into the possibility that some ADHD drugs could stunt growth, one of the greatest concerns of parents.
• Evidence that ADHD drugs help adults “is not compelling,” nor is evidence that one drug “is more tolerable than another.”
• The way the drugs work is, in most cases, not well understood.
The findings do not mean ADHD drugs are unsafe or unhelpful, just that sound scientific proof is lacking.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Washington, D.C.-based drug industry lobby group, had no comment on the report, but its senior vice president, Ken Johnson, said the benefits of most drugs “clearly outweigh the risks.”
HERE IN NEW BRUNSWICK THE DRUGGING AND THE KILLING OF OUR CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE TILL OCT 15TH, 2007!!!!
ADHD is suspected when people have a harder time than others their ages paying attention, sitting still or controlling impulses. To be diagnosed, those tendencies must interfere with work, school or other activities.
Nationally, about 4.4 million kids between 4 and 17 fit the bill. Of those, more than 2.5 million take ADHD drugs. Up to 8 percent of kids in Washington state have been diagnosed with the condition.
The Drug Effectiveness Review Project was formed in 2003 to give consumers and state insurance plans trustworthy information about pharmaceuticals.
Industry studies, which researchers have shown sometimes are rigged for favorable outcomes, don’t give the confidence “many of us would like to decide whether or not we should be using a given medication,” said the project’s deputy director, Mark Gibson.
Complicating efforts to get reliable information, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn’t require companies to compare new drugs to ones on the market. Most times, firms instead compare their wares to sugar pills because it is easier to show benefit and get approved for sale.
The problems leave insurers and patients in the lurch when they need to know what drugs work best. That’s where the Drug Effectiveness Review Project comes in. Its physicians and pharmacists analyze virtually every study on a given class of pharmaceuticals to find the best drugs.
The American Association of Retired Persons and Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, use the project’s findings to tell people what drugs give the most for the money. Fourteen states, including Washington, also use its services to decide what drugs to cover for beneficiaries. Those states are the project’s chief funders.
For ADHD, the project analyzed published studies as well as unpublished data from the six leading makers of ADHD drugs. The group rejected 2,107 investigations as unreliable, and reviewed the remaining 180 to find superior drugs.
Instead, it found that evidence to choose one drug over another for safety or effectiveness is “severely limited” by a lack of studies measuring “functional or long-term outcomes.”
The project could not find a “good quality” study that tested the drugs against each other. It also could not find comparative evidence to determine which ADHD drugs are less likely to cause tics, seizures and heart and liver problems.
That evidence is needed. Canada authorities have recently warned against using Adderall Extended Release in patients with heart problems. Cylert and Strattera have been linked to liver damage, the report said.
Until better research is done, the findings mean that choosing the right ADHD drug is largely a matter of trial and error. They also suggest some people might do as well or better on cheap generic Ritalin, sold by its scientific name methylphenidate, instead of far more expensive, newer options such as Concerta and Adderall.
In fact, in the few instances where the Oregon group could draw conclusions, it found Concerta “did not show overall difference in outcomes” compared to generic Ritalin, and proof that Adderall is better “lacking.” What little evidence there is comparing another newer expensive drug, Strattera, to generic Ritalin “suggests a lack of difference in efficacy.”
Gibson cautioned that his project’s latest report is still open for public comment and possible fine-tuning. But the overall results did not surprise Libby Munn, a nurse practitioner at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare in Lakewood.
“I’ve never been aware of any evidence of any one being better than another,” said Munn, who treats patients for ADHD and other conditions. “That’s true of antidepressants and antipsychotics, too. Once you compare meds for a given disorder, there are often no proven differences.”
Tacoma psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher Taylor, an expert in adult ADHD at Rainier Associates, works with drug companies to develop new products. He said he stands by the effectiveness and safety of the drugs.
Still, he said, Adderall and Concerta are largely equal in their effect, though some people do better on one than another. Their greatest advantage over generic Ritalin is that people take fewer pills during the day.
M. Alexander Otto: 253-597-8616
M. ALEXANDER OTTO; The News Tribune
Published: September 13th, 2005 12:01 AM
At a time when millions of children and adults are taking drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the most comprehensive scientific analysis of the drugs to date has found little evidence that they are safe, that one drug is more effective than another or that they help school performance.
The 27 drugs studied included Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, Ritalin, Focalin, Cylert, Provigil, and others that, in some households, are well-known for their sometimes calming affects.
The 731-page report was done by the Drug Effectiveness Review Project, based at Oregon State University. The group analyzed 2,287 studies – virtually every investigation ever done on ADHD drugs anywhere in the world – to reach its conclusions.
They found:
• “No evidence on long-term safety of drugs used to treat ADHD in young children” or adolescents.
• “Good quality evidence … is lacking” that ADHD drugs improve “global academic performance, consequences of risky behaviors, social achievements” and other measures.
• Safety evidence is of “poor quality,” including research into the possibility that some ADHD drugs could stunt growth, one of the greatest concerns of parents.
• Evidence that ADHD drugs help adults “is not compelling,” nor is evidence that one drug “is more tolerable than another.”
• The way the drugs work is, in most cases, not well understood.
The findings do not mean ADHD drugs are unsafe or unhelpful, just that sound scientific proof is lacking.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Washington, D.C.-based drug industry lobby group, had no comment on the report, but its senior vice president, Ken Johnson, said the benefits of most drugs “clearly outweigh the risks.”
HERE IN NEW BRUNSWICK THE DRUGGING AND THE KILLING OF OUR CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE TILL OCT 15TH, 2007!!!!
ADHD is suspected when people have a harder time than others their ages paying attention, sitting still or controlling impulses. To be diagnosed, those tendencies must interfere with work, school or other activities.
Nationally, about 4.4 million kids between 4 and 17 fit the bill. Of those, more than 2.5 million take ADHD drugs. Up to 8 percent of kids in Washington state have been diagnosed with the condition.
The Drug Effectiveness Review Project was formed in 2003 to give consumers and state insurance plans trustworthy information about pharmaceuticals.
Industry studies, which researchers have shown sometimes are rigged for favorable outcomes, don’t give the confidence “many of us would like to decide whether or not we should be using a given medication,” said the project’s deputy director, Mark Gibson.
Complicating efforts to get reliable information, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn’t require companies to compare new drugs to ones on the market. Most times, firms instead compare their wares to sugar pills because it is easier to show benefit and get approved for sale.
The problems leave insurers and patients in the lurch when they need to know what drugs work best. That’s where the Drug Effectiveness Review Project comes in. Its physicians and pharmacists analyze virtually every study on a given class of pharmaceuticals to find the best drugs.
The American Association of Retired Persons and Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, use the project’s findings to tell people what drugs give the most for the money. Fourteen states, including Washington, also use its services to decide what drugs to cover for beneficiaries. Those states are the project’s chief funders.
For ADHD, the project analyzed published studies as well as unpublished data from the six leading makers of ADHD drugs. The group rejected 2,107 investigations as unreliable, and reviewed the remaining 180 to find superior drugs.
Instead, it found that evidence to choose one drug over another for safety or effectiveness is “severely limited” by a lack of studies measuring “functional or long-term outcomes.”
The project could not find a “good quality” study that tested the drugs against each other. It also could not find comparative evidence to determine which ADHD drugs are less likely to cause tics, seizures and heart and liver problems.
That evidence is needed. Canada authorities have recently warned against using Adderall Extended Release in patients with heart problems. Cylert and Strattera have been linked to liver damage, the report said.
Until better research is done, the findings mean that choosing the right ADHD drug is largely a matter of trial and error. They also suggest some people might do as well or better on cheap generic Ritalin, sold by its scientific name methylphenidate, instead of far more expensive, newer options such as Concerta and Adderall.
In fact, in the few instances where the Oregon group could draw conclusions, it found Concerta “did not show overall difference in outcomes” compared to generic Ritalin, and proof that Adderall is better “lacking.” What little evidence there is comparing another newer expensive drug, Strattera, to generic Ritalin “suggests a lack of difference in efficacy.”
Gibson cautioned that his project’s latest report is still open for public comment and possible fine-tuning. But the overall results did not surprise Libby Munn, a nurse practitioner at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare in Lakewood.
“I’ve never been aware of any evidence of any one being better than another,” said Munn, who treats patients for ADHD and other conditions. “That’s true of antidepressants and antipsychotics, too. Once you compare meds for a given disorder, there are often no proven differences.”
Tacoma psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher Taylor, an expert in adult ADHD at Rainier Associates, works with drug companies to develop new products. He said he stands by the effectiveness and safety of the drugs.
Still, he said, Adderall and Concerta are largely equal in their effect, though some people do better on one than another. Their greatest advantage over generic Ritalin is that people take fewer pills during the day.
M. Alexander Otto: 253-597-8616
BRIAN MULRONEY – I’M THE BEST THERE WAS AND EVER WILL BE!!!!
BRIAN MULRONEY – I’M THE BEST THERE WAS AND EVER WILL BE!!!!
HER??? IS SHE A SLUT?????????????
HER??? IS SHE A SLUT?????????????
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