This is the first time RxISK has run 2 posts on the same topic on the same day. Not only that but in addition to the Troubled Dream of Life linking to Drug Induced Loss of Capacity that follows on from this post, Troubled also links to Damnation and Salvation posted on dh.org today. Finally all 3 also link to both The Eclipse of Science and of Us, Entranced, Spellbound and … [Read more...] about The Troubled Dream of Life
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Drug Induced Loss of Capacity
Twenty four years ago, after a Panorama program, The Secrets of Seroxat (Paroxetine), the BBC was flooded with nearly 1400 emails, then a new way to communicate, about your experiences on SSRIs. This led to a follow up Panorama program - Emails from the Edge - and then two more follow ups. Your emails outlined your experience with suicidality and dependence on SSRIs. In … [Read more...] about Drug Induced Loss of Capacity
Consent to Waltz, Capacity to Tango, Connect to..
RxISK's posts on consent start way back even before We have a Dream - Getting Engaged to a Doctor or You'll Come a Taltzing Matilda with Me. There's the recent Challenging my Doctor to Disclose or Challenging a Juggernaut and above all Guilty until Proven Innocent. Why another? Read on to find out about Connecting. When is Consent Consent The notion that medical treatment … [Read more...] about Consent to Waltz, Capacity to Tango, Connect to..
Ordinary or Forgotten Women and Men
Mid-Ulster Council lit up for July 29 Dr Gerald Dal Pan druginfo@fda.hhs.gov This letter was emailed to Dr Dal Pan on July 29, 2026 See Prescribed Harm Awareness and Stolen Lives for more on this. Dear Dr Dal Pan I listened with interest to your recent interview with Dr Celia Williams in a Q & A with FDA series, where you were asked which types of adverse event … [Read more...] about Ordinary or Forgotten Women and Men
Prescribed Harm Awareness Goes Global
Colleen Bell, Stephen O'Neill's niece, set up Stephen's Voice and through Stephen's Voice started Prescribed Harm Awareness Day on July 29, 2020, four years after his death on July 29, 2016. Several years later Katinka Newman who had set up Antidepressant Risks, got in touch with Colleen to find out more and linked to their conversation Katinka set up a Stolen Lives Day on … [Read more...] about Prescribed Harm Awareness Goes Global
Triple Therapy for Enduring Sexual Dsyfunction
The similarities between AIDS and PSSD/PFS/PRSD are striking. Both involve: Sex Anonymity – everyone’s initial instinct was not to reveal they had the problem. The AIDS community faced up to this with the creation of ACT UP. For PSSD things changed dramatically when the PSSD Network put names and faces to the condition. A People’s Movement. When it was … [Read more...] about Triple Therapy for Enduring Sexual Dsyfunction
Adverse Events Need A Human Touch
One of the most dramatic moments in the annals of adverse events was when in 2008 Audrey Bahrick, a psychologist linked to the U of Iowa, contacted her senator, Senator Chuck Grassley, telling him about Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and asking him to alert FDA to the problem in the hope that something could be done to ensure not too many people were affected. He did as … [Read more...] about Adverse Events Need A Human Touch
FDA Responds to Isotretinoin Petiton
Recap Shortly after RxISK was launched in 2012, we began receiving reports and messages from people complaining of persistent sexual dysfunction after stopping isotretinoin, a medication used in the treatment of acne. This was interesting because it seemed to have common elements with post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) and post-finasteride syndrome (PFS). As a result of … [Read more...] about FDA Responds to Isotretinoin Petiton
ADHD, ASD and Disability Benefits Collide
: This is a tricky talk. ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are not simple medical disorders. They come with a lot of baggage. There is a video version of the talk here with the slides and text and links to related articles or posts below. You can make all slides below bigger by Clicking on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgIXBUqrO8 Slide 1: The Report … [Read more...] about ADHD, ASD and Disability Benefits Collide
Love Actually and Looping Disorders
None of the psychotropic drugs – SSRIs, antipsychotics - we now have or their clinical effects good or bad have been discovered in/with cohort studies, animal models, brain scans or randomized controlled trials (RCTs). They have been discovered by looking at and listening to people. At the recent Enduring Sexual Dysfunction Congress and for several … [Read more...] about Love Actually and Looping Disorders