Panorama Taken on Trust
We take it on trust that the drugs our doctors prescribe are safe and effective. But this special investigation exposes huge failings in the system of medicines regulation that is supposed to monitor drug safety. It reveals how patients' lives have been put at risk as a result. Panorama takes a unique journey inside the secret world of the medicines regulator and discovers that it's been sitting on crucial safety information about one of Britain's most widely-prescribed antidepressants for over a decade. For the last two years, Panorama has been investigating claims that Seroxat can cause addiction, self-harm, aggression and even suicide. The medicines regulator always denied there was evidence to back up these claims. But now the programme reveals that, not only is the evidence there, it's been lying dormant in the regulator's archive for at least 13 years.
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Primary Title
- Panorama
Episode Title
- Taken on Trust
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 3 October 2004
Start Time
- 22 : 15
Finish Time
- 23 : 15
Duration
- 60:00
Series
- 2004
Channel
- BBC One
Broadcaster
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episode Description
- We take it on trust that the drugs our doctors prescribe are safe and effective. But this special investigation exposes huge failings in the system of medicines regulation that is supposed to monitor drug safety. It reveals how patients' lives have been put at risk as a result. Panorama takes a unique journey inside the secret world of the medicines regulator and discovers that it's been sitting on crucial safety information about one of Britain's most widely-prescribed antidepressants for over a decade. For the last two years, Panorama has been investigating claims that Seroxat can cause addiction, self-harm, aggression and even suicide. The medicines regulator always denied there was evidence to back up these claims. But now the programme reveals that, not only is the evidence there, it's been lying dormant in the regulator's archive for at least 13 years.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by agreement with rights owner.
Subjects
- Pharmaceutical ethics
- Drugs--Research--Great Britain
- Documentary television programs--Great Britain
Genres
- Documentary
- Health
Hosts
- Shelley Jofre (Reporter)
Contributors
- Mary Moss (Director)
- Andy Bell (Producer)
- Mike Robinson (Editor)
- BBC (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Pharmaceutical ethics
- Drugs--Research--Great Britain
- Documentary television programs--Great Britain