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Prescription Drug Implicated in Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Cases

By AAN Staff
february 7, 2003  06:18 pm
Prescription Drug Implicated in Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Cases
Hundreds of women around the world have been accused of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, a disorder in which parents harm their children in order to gain attention from hospitals and medical personnel. After looking at cases from the United Kingdom to New York, Tennessee and Washington states, investigative reporters writing for The Local Planet Weekly in Spokane, Wash., suggest that a common prescription drug prescribed to stop babies from spitting up may be to blame for the strange symptoms that mothers are often accused of creating. The story is the result of more than a year of research by Nonny de la Pena, whose documentary on the subject, "Mama/M.A.M.A.," will premiere in Florida and Texas in March.
View full article at Local Planet Weekly