Shipwreck of the Singular Healthcare’s Castaways Paperback, Kindle Edition and Hardcover. Samizdat Health (2021) Children of the Cure Missing Data, Lost Lives and Antidepressants. by David Healy, Joanna Le Noury and Julie Wood. Paperback, Kindle Edition and Audiobook. Samizdat Health (2020) The Decapitation of Care A short history of the rise and fall of … [Read more...] about Books
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Antidepressants and The Tell-Tale Heart 2
Editorial Note: This is Part 2 of Antidepressants and The Tell-Tale Heart. It fits into a sub-series about Pharmaceuticals: Rape and Consent. It also maps straight on to Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Prozac Story and Saving Grace both of which are on RxISK. Saving Grace picks up the Bipolar theme running through Tell Tale Heart. For the record, there is no question but that … [Read more...] about Antidepressants and The Tell-Tale Heart 2
Persecution: Dangerous Liaisons II
Editorial Note: This is the eighteenth post in the Persecution series, and a sequel to Dangerous Liaisons. See Brand Fascism for a listing of prior posts in the sequence. Slightly over a week ago in New York I was subject to a blizzard of questions from a lawyer for Forest, who taking great pleasure in using the word Fucked in a deposition asked among others questions … [Read more...] about Persecution: Dangerous Liaisons II
Dr Munchausen: Pharmacophile
Editorial Note: This piece was first submitted to the Journal of Mental Health in 1997 and two other journals later that year - with Marie Savage and Phil Thomas as co-authors. The reviewers were affronted - one figured mental health was likely no worse than the rest of medicine. Unable to find a home, it migrated to become a chapter in the third edition of Psychiatric Drugs … [Read more...] about Dr Munchausen: Pharmacophile
Doctor Munchausen: Dying for a Cure
Editorial Note: This is the second in a Doctor Munchausen series of posts - meditations on the fact that medicine is likely the place where the greatest amount of abuse on earth happens - but no-one notices and no-one intervenes. The post below comes from the foreword to Dying for a Cure, Rebekah Beddoe's book on what happened her when she fell into the clutches of a doctor. … [Read more...] about Doctor Munchausen: Dying for a Cure
AbbVie: Humira Timeline
Editorial Note: An article in Forbes this week suggested Humira is set to become the biggest selling drug of all time. The timeline below, found by Harriet Rosenberg on the JusticeSeekers' website, covers the timeline of its elevation to the blockbuster Hall of Fame. This post and several to come are part of a sequence outlining how we can all help make Humira a better … [Read more...] about AbbVie: Humira Timeline
Marilyn’s Curse
Editorial Note: This an unexpected eighth part to the Lasagna Trilogy that started with Not So Bad Pharma and runs through to Witty A: Report to the President. Ondine Ondine was a nymph whose lover swore that his every waking breath was a testimony to his love of her. Finding him unfaithful, she cursed him – should he fall asleep he would stop breathing. Marilyn died of an … [Read more...] about Marilyn’s Curse
Witty A: Report to the President
Editorial Note: This was to be the last in the Lasagna posts that began with Not So Bad Pharma, April Fool in Harlow, The Tragedy of Lou Lasagna, Empire of Humbug: Bad Pharma, Empire of Humbug 2, and Brand Fascism. But the series will continue into Marilyn's Curse and When does Yes Mean No. Faced with questions about the $3 Billion fine imposed on GSK – is it just the cost of … [Read more...] about Witty A: Report to the President
Brand Fascism
Editorial Note: This is the sixth in the Lasagna series of posts that began with Not So Bad Pharma, April Fool in Harlow, Tragedy of Lou Lasagna, Empire of Humbug: Bad Pharma and will continue through to Witty A: Report to the President. Faced with questions about the $3 Billion fine imposed on GSK – Is it just the cost of doing business? Andrew Witty, GSK's CEO, snapped … [Read more...] about Brand Fascism
The Empire of Humbug: Not So Bad Pharma
Editorial Note: This is the fifth is the Lasagna series of posts that began with Not So Bad Pharma, April Fool in Harlow, The Tragedy of Lou Lasagna, Empire of Humbug: Bad Pharma and will continue through to Brand Fascism and Witty A: Report to the President. In 1954 soon after his article with Beecher put the placebo on the map, Lasagna was recruited from Harvard to Hopkins. … [Read more...] about The Empire of Humbug: Not So Bad Pharma