Samizdat announces the release of Malcharist by Paul John Scott. This is a grippingly realistic page-turner about the corruption of clinical trials told through the crisis of conscience of a medical ghostwriter. Set in Manhattan in 2010 and laced with dark humor throughout its fast 352 pages, it finds Shivani Patel in its opening chapters in a Town Car with a private driver, … [Read more...] about Malcharist
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Righteous Anger
There are 2 more Riffs on Children of the Cure, with more on the way and 1 on The Decapitation of Care. The image above isn't quite right - might be better to have Lilly, Pfizer, Merck and GSK represented on the name plates. The illustrations in the Riffs however are the usual compelling imagery from Bill James. Patrick Hahn who has been writing extensively on aspects … [Read more...] about Righteous Anger
The Spooking of Ichabod Crane
There are 3 more Riffs on the 329 theme, with 3 more to come. Julie Wood the prime moved behind the Study329.org site, which provided much of the underpinning of Children of the Cure has written a Riff on the book which can be found in full on Samizdat under Sympathy and Pills or here as Warning May Cause Hostility, Insomnia and Akathisia. For anyone not familiar with the … [Read more...] about The Spooking of Ichabod Crane
Riffs on Children of the Cure – Ode to Beethoven
Samizdat now features 3 Riffs on Children of the Cure, with more on the way. The first was by Max Fink - above - a second has come from Heather Roberts, below, who has posted further reflections on Olly's Friendship Foundation Facebook page and a third from Bob Fiddaman, further down again. Bob also features at the moment on RxISK's current venlafaxine withdrawal … [Read more...] about Riffs on Children of the Cure – Ode to Beethoven
Lulu to the Rescue?
When Samizdat published Children of the Cure on Amazon, there was discomfort in some quarters. The discomfort was practical for some. Mark Carter from Auckland told us it would take 154 NZ dollars to buy two copies and have them posted to him – he had to go through Amazon.com as Amazon.com.au for some strange reason does not seem to do print versions of Children, unlike … [Read more...] about Lulu to the Rescue?
Children of the Cure: Hand of History?
Children of the Cure has just been published - the Preface is on Samizdat. The first Chapter is on RxISK - Fear of Lying. Children is one of several closely related books due out in the next few weeks including Paul John Scott's The Malcharist and Jon Jureidini and Leemon McHenry's Illusions of Evidence Based Medicine. It would be wonderful if everyone reading this could … [Read more...] about Children of the Cure: Hand of History?
Doxycycline and Stephen O’Neill
Stephen O'Neill became anxious in 2016 and was given Sertraline. This caused an immediate toxic reaction that killed him, The doctors treating him invented a fictitious mental illness and both they and the coroner found it convenient to blame this fiction for Stephen's death. See The Death of Stephen O'Neill and related posts. The coroner and doctors all but laughed at the … [Read more...] about Doxycycline and Stephen O’Neill
There is no Sanity Claus
Mid-morning, on Tuesday September 24 2019, Britain was gripped. Lots of people stopped what they were doing and turned their TVs or computers to live feed from the Supreme Court. Spider Woman (Brenda Hale) was taking on the Joker (Boris Johnson). She punched him in the nose. The Joker had suspended Parliament at a critical moment in the Brexit process. Spider Woman told … [Read more...] about There is no Sanity Claus
The NICE before Christmas
In Orders from Nowhere, Vaughan Gething suggested writing to Andrew Dillon of NICE. The correspondence had an Xmas Eve denouement - hence the title. It seems everybody figures NICE hold all the answers. The doctors who treated Stephen O'Neill claimed to be keeping to NICE Guidelines and only using drugs licensed by MHRA. They also conceded that Stephen was suffering from … [Read more...] about The NICE before Christmas
Orders from Nowhere that Kill
In The Death of Stephen O'Neill I suggested his doctors, like soldiers in an army, simply by dint of following orders were capable of doing horrific things. At his inquest, the doctors from the Bluestone unit in Craigavon, where Stephen had gone for help, issued this astonishing statement. Southern Trust Health and Social Care Trust response to Healy Senior clinicians … [Read more...] about Orders from Nowhere that Kill