Selling Sickness: SSRIs & The Side Effects Buried By Pharma | Kim Witczak
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
5 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On August 6, 2003, Kim Witczak’s life was shattered when her husband, Woody, died unexpectedly at just 37 years old, shortly after being prescribed Zoloft. In this conversation, Kim takes us through her relentless journey to uncover the unknown risks and side effects of SSRIs and her mission to hold Big Pharma accountable. As a Consumer Representative on the FDA Psychopharmacologic Advisory Committee, Kim has spent years pushing for greater transparency, educating healthcare providers, and advocating for better regulations. Her personal story and expert insights serve as a wake-up call for anyone using or considering antidepressants—and as a call to action for reform in the way prescription drugs are regulated and marketed.
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| 0:00.0 | Your husband was found dead five weeks after starting an antidepressant. |
| 0:04.8 | I don't even know that Woody knew it was an antidepressant. |
| 0:07.6 | Everything intuitively in my body said there's no way Woody killed himself. |
| 0:12.5 | You want to keep cradle to grave customers telling you that you have a chemical imbalance |
| 0:17.3 | and you're going to have to be on it for life. |
| 0:19.0 | And then you tell them that you can't get off of them. On August 6th of 2003, Kim Witsack's world came crashing down. |
| 0:48.4 | While out of town, she got a call from her dad telling her, Woody, her husband of almost 10 years, was found hanging from the rafters |
| 0:55.2 | of their garage, dead at the age of 37. The most recent change in her husband's life, a prescription |
| 1:02.0 | to Zoloft. This episode is about the unknown risks and side effects of SSRIs or antidepressants |
| 1:08.7 | that every person needs to be aware of. |
| 1:11.6 | Kim was hungry for justice. |
| 1:13.6 | This journey for the truth took her to the FDA, HHS, Congress, the courts, and the media |
| 1:19.6 | fighting for more drug transparency and accountability. |
| 1:22.6 | To advocate and educate doctors, health care providers, legislators, and government agencies as a counterbalance |
| 1:28.9 | to the stories that are being peddled by the big pharma lobby. She's currently a consumer |
| 1:34.2 | representative on the FDA Psycho Pharmacologic Advisory Committee and travels the globe, |
| 1:40.1 | sharing her story and expertise. Watch this episode on the real Alex Clark YouTube channel, |
| 1:44.4 | although, just a reminder, anytime we say a certain word due to YouTube guidelines, we're |
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