Kaiya- brilliant college student who brought joy and laughter

Kaiya Noe 21-year-old, a straight A, 3rd year college student majoring in Psychology and Pre-med. She was being prescribed an antidepressant (Zoloft) for the first time ever, which 4 days later caused her to be hospitalized due to suicidal ideation -which was never an issue before. Within a month and a half, the provider kept switching the drugs (Abilify, Wellbutrin, Seroquel) and treated adverse effects of previously prescribed medications with another drug because none of them worked. This created a huge problem, made her feel numb, dissociated and altered her mental status. She could not stand the side effects any longer and discontinued, but the damage was already done, and 2 weeks later she was gone.

She was the most beautiful soul, who always brought joy, laughter, and love to everyone who knew her. Her heart was always open to others, creating connections that will never be forgotten. She was involved in volunteering and community work. She always put others first, and ahead of herself. She was also an active volunteer, and Co-Chair Student Supporting a Brain Tumor Research Organization. She was also a valuable member of our local community, an extremely hard-working, and responsible, albeit young adult who fell victim to the broken healthcare system.

It took months after her death to figure out what really happened, as nothing made sense. She was such an accomplished young lady, with future goals and aspirations in mind. No consent or information about the side effects, withdrawal symptoms or FDA black box warning on these drugs were provided. If she had been aware of the side effects, she would never have agreed on taking them. How can it be legal to give medication that in their own statements can lead to that person killing themselves by #1 Taking the pills, and #2 Ending use of the pills?! It should be criminal, to prescribe them!

This was written by her mom, Kasha Pinkowska, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona.  She lost her daughter because she was polydrugged, not given informed consent and when she died, no one with authority asked why, what happened or what she was on. Her mom had to be the detective. This pattern has been repeated over and over again, back to when Eli Lilly wasn’t held responsible for Traci Johnson’s “suicide”  February 7, 2004, while in a clinical trial testing Cymbalta. Incidentally, Cymbalta Hurts facebook has over 50,000 members.
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