This post was written by several members of the RxISK Team drawing on the work of Jorge Carrasco - see below. There is a prior RxISK post on DRESS Syndrome - No Way to Treat a Lady. María Elisa Rangel was 38 and a mother of four children when she signed up for a phase 1 clinical trial in April 2015. They needed the money. The drug was cenobamate, marketed by SK Life … [Read more...] about All DRESSed Up With Nowhere To Go
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Our Love Life Needs You to be Wiked
Our Love Life Needs You © Nina Otulakowski August 2022 RxISK regularly gets enquiries about what can be done to find an answer to the sexual dysfunctions following SSRIs, Finasteride and Isotretinoin - PSSD, PFS and PRSD. RxISK and Sharks outlined the likely Endgame. This outcome would be terrible - especially as its highly likely there is someone out there who has the … [Read more...] about Our Love Life Needs You to be Wiked
Marilyn Lemak: When the Music Stops
Judith and the Head of .. © Nina Otulakowski July 2022 “I’m glad I didn’t know the way it all would end. The way it all would go. Our lives are better left to chance. I could have missed the pain but I’d have had to miss the dance.” - Garth Brooks This post by Kim Witczak is the fourth about Marilyn Lemak - following Trial and Punishment, Then and Now and Clemency … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak: When the Music Stops
Marilyn Lemak Clemency Hearing
This post follows Janet Lagerloef's Marilyn Lemak's Trial and Punishment and Johanna Ryan's Marilyn Lemak Then and Now. Jo was the first person I ever heard talk about this case. Janet has done more than anyone to get Marilyn's case to a Clemency Hearing. She prevailed on several lawyers to pick up the case and got places when she persuaded Andy Vickery to take up the case, … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak Clemency Hearing
Marilyn Lemak Then and Now
Haven, House, Horror © Nina Otulakowski July 2022 This post is by Johanna Ryan for whom, like many in Chicago in 1999, the Lemak case was like knowing where you were when Challenger blew up. It is part two of a four part series on Marilyn Lemak and follows Janet Lagerloef's opening post last week. Marilyn Lemak has been in prison for twenty years – and now she has filed a … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak Then and Now
Marilyn Lemak’s Trial and Punishment
In 1999 Marilyn Lemak killed her three children and tried to kill herself. She has spent over 22 years in jail since. People in Chicago and beyond can still remember when the news broke. Janet Lagerloef did more. She said there but for the grace of God go I and made it her mission to find out more, and then to get the case reopened. Two weeks ago Marilyn had a Clemency … [Read more...] about Marilyn Lemak’s Trial and Punishment
RxISK Research Fund and Prize
We need to clarify some things about the RxISK Prize and Research Fund. The Prize was established RxISK Prize in 2017 - see The Golden Rule, RxISK No-Nos, Relationships, Stigma and Recovery, Campaign and Challenge. Some of us in RxISK have had a difficult few months attempting to set up a Research Fund for PSSD and other Sexual Dysfunctions. Banking rules have got more … [Read more...] about RxISK Research Fund and Prize
The Holy Grail: Searching for a Cure for PSSD
The Holy Grail © Nina Otulakowski June 2022 You need to click on the image to get the full effects. Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) is a debilitating consequence of taking serotonin reuptake inhibiting drugs (SSRIs, SNRIs, some antihistamines, some antibiotics, some analgesics and other medicines) that can leave people of all ages, and from all countries on earth, but … [Read more...] about The Holy Grail: Searching for a Cure for PSSD
Calling All ADHD Influencers
Obedience Pills has put Patrick Hahn, Bill James and myself in a bit of a spot. We’ve had feedback that we might be contributing to the stigma against ADHD. Our contact gave us a Video to orient us. At the same time, the Guardian in the UK - Tik-Tok and the Rise of ADHD - and Globe and Mail - Adults Seeking ADHD Diagnoses - were writing articles on Adult ADHD, more … [Read more...] about Calling All ADHD Influencers
Caught in the Firing Line: Nurse Prescribers
Back in early Covid times, I was asked by Cecile aan de Stegge to talk at a meeting: Suicide and its Prevention. Contemporary and Historical Perspectives in Nursing, 1880–2020 This finally happened in May 2022. Cecile asked me to talk on the issues around suicide and antidepressants, which seemed particularly pertinent as an increasing number of cases that go wrong involve … [Read more...] about Caught in the Firing Line: Nurse Prescribers