REPORT DAMAGE FROM ECT AND OTHER MEDICAL DEVICES DIRECTLY TO THE FDA

For smartphones and other mobile devices, download the following app and fill out the form:
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www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/ucm385880.htm.

For reporting online without using the app, go to:

www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/index.cfm?action=reporting.home

Also report to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)

Contact CCHR at 1-800-869-2247, or fill out the Abuse Case Form online. All information will be kept confidential.

• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
  DC Office: 202-224-2541
  District Office in Louisville, Kentucky: 502-582-6304
  Website: www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactform
  (For direct contact to Senator McConnell)

• Speaker of the House Paul Ryan
  DC Office: 202-225-3031
  District Office in Janesville, Wisconsin: 608-752-4050
  Website: https://paulryan.house.gov/contact/email.htm
  (For direct contact to Congressman Ryan)

OPPOSE THE FDA’S PROPOSED RULING ON ECT

Speak out to prevent the FDA from lowering the risk classification of the electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) machine from Class III, high risk, to Class II, moderate risk. The lowered classification would place ECT machines in the same category as motorized wheelchairs and condoms, obviating the premarket approval process of clinical trials and regulatory review. You can also urge the ban of the ECT device altogether.

Contact:

• Department of Health and Human Services
  Assistant Secretary for Legislation Jim Esquea
  200 Independence Ave.
  S.W. Room 416-G
  Washington, DC 20201
  Phone: 202-690-7627
  Fax: 202-690-7380

• Inspector General’s Office
  Department of Health and Human Services
  330 Independence Ave. SW
  Washington, DC 20201
  1-800-447-8477
  Email: Public.Affairs@oig.hhs.gov

• Food and Drug Administration
  Division of Industry and Consumer Education for Medical Devices (DICE)
  Email: DICE@fda.hhs.gov