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Dr. David Healy

Psychiatrist. Psychopharmacologist. Scientist. Author.

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Will Medical Insurers Stop Killing People

April 19, 2023 12 Comments

The Daily Telegraph in the UK as well as The Daily Mail carried articles this week on a paper in the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry by John Read and colleagues that was based on the work of AntidepAware. For over a decade, AntidepAware has been cataloguing inquests in Britain where it appears likely the person was taking an antidepressant. The site gave John … [Read more...] about Will Medical Insurers Stop Killing People

A Call to H*ARMS

November 20, 2017 33 Comments

Editorial Note:  This is the fourth and final post in the Trick or Treat series that started with Vampire Medicines. These posts need to be read linked to the RxISK MAP posts. These are the theoretical background.  The MAP posts are the practical - what needs to be done posts. Access to Medicines In the 1980, we faced one of the greatest medical crises of any century – … [Read more...] about A Call to H*ARMS

Raiders of the Lost Drug Wreck

November 13, 2017 12 Comments

Editorial Note:  This post follows from Vampire Medicines and Cisparency and Transparency and links to Relationship Based Medicine on Rxisk.  The painting is of Joshua crossing the Jordan with the Arc of the Covenant - an image that catches the essential features of climactic scene of Raiders of the Lost Arc with Joshua in the Indiana Jones position. In every generation, … [Read more...] about Raiders of the Lost Drug Wreck

Cisparency and Transparency

November 6, 2017 18 Comments

Editorial Note: This post continues Vampire Medicine and links to Reformation Day on RxISK and forthcoming posts - Here We Stand. Between 2002 and 2004, giving antidepressants to teenagers and the risks of triggering suicidality became one of the most high profile issues in medicine.  Raising a profile should be the way to put things right but things are getting much worse.  … [Read more...] about Cisparency and Transparency

Vampire Medicines

October 30, 2017 38 Comments

Editorial Note:  This is the first of four Trick or Treat posts.  They make most sense when read in conjunction with the RxISK Prize posts especially the series of 3 posts starting tomorrow. In 1962 RCTs were added to the regulatory requirement for marketing medicines.  This looked like a definitive stake through the heart of hucksterism. No longer would we have to carry … [Read more...] about Vampire Medicines

RxISK Prize

September 12, 2017 19 Comments

Over on RxISK, we have launched a RxISK Prize.  The hope is to find an answer to the debilitating disorders of Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction, PSSD, Post-Finasteride Syndrome, PFS, and Post Retinoid Sexual Dysfunction (PRSD). Please check this out and pass the word on to any pharmacologist, physiologist, endocrinologist, biologist, electrical engineer, doctor, herbalist, and … [Read more...] about RxISK Prize

We are the Ninety Nine Percent

June 30, 2014 12 Comments

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Editorial Note: This is a Coda to the four posts about Sense about Science and AllTrials - Follow the Rhetoric, First Admit no Harm, Follow the Lawsuit & Follow the Patient. The last post ended on this note: Over 18 months ago, RxISK attempted to open up a debate on the ambiguities and conflicts at its heart. Doing what it does, could it operate as a business in the … [Read more...] about We are the Ninety Nine Percent

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