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Abilify from the Inside Out

April 20, 2015 64 Comments

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Editorial Note: This is part 2 of Johanna Ryan's series that started with Dodging Abilify. Abilify is at present the best-selling drug in North America - how come? In last week’s column, Dodging Abilify, I described the fan-club enthusiasm for this drug among doctors I’ve met, my own reluctance to try it, and what I’d learned about Abilify from casual research. This week … [Read more...] about Abilify from the Inside Out

Dodging Abilify

April 14, 2015 56 Comments

Abilify cartoon lady

Editorial Note: This post is by Johanna Ryan, who has a unique ability to capture the American Nightmare. The best-selling drug in the United States isn’t a blood pressure pill, a painkiller or even an antidepressant. It’s Abilify, an antipsychotic agent with $6.3 billion in 2013 sales. Granted, Abilify isn’t the most prescribed pill, but its #1 status is sealed by popularity … [Read more...] about Dodging Abilify

Becoming Suicidal on an Antibiotic

April 11, 2015 7 Comments

Acne

Editorial Note: The last post on Lariam and suicide mentioned an alternate treatment for malaria prophylaxis - doxycycline. Doxycycline is not without its problems. It can cause suicide - Suicide is Painless. It and other tetracycline antibiotics can also cause sexual dysfunction including enduring post-treatment sexual dysfunction - makes you wonder if they also inhibit … [Read more...] about Becoming Suicidal on an Antibiotic

Antibiotics: Suicide & Psychosis

April 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

Old Malaria advert

Editorial Note: This is the transcript of a program broadcast as The Lariam Legacy on BBC Radio on March 31 2015. The narrator is Victoria Derbyshire. The featured drug is the anti-microbial Lariam, mefloquine. Mefloquine is closely related to the Fluoroquinolone's Levaquin and Cipro. See previous RxISK posts on Lariam History, Lariam Hell and Flox-Tox. Atabrine was the … [Read more...] about Antibiotics: Suicide & Psychosis

Pilots and Antidepressants

March 30, 2015 12 Comments

Aircraft

Editorial Note: This post is by Julie Wood, the central figure behind SSRI Stories in its current incarnation. SSRI Stories has collected and posted 47 stories about pilots flying and crashing while on antidepressants. The majority are airplanes but several of the crashes involve helicopters. With the current focus on the possible contribution of psychoactive drugs to the … [Read more...] about Pilots and Antidepressants

An Irish Epidemic: Suicide and Homicide on Antidepressants

March 17, 2015 20 Comments

St. Patrick

Editorial Note: This post is by Leonie Fennel. Ireland is currently in the midst of an unprecedented suicide/homicide epidemic. Parents are uncharacteristically killing their children; husbands are killing their wives; brothers are killing their brothers; mothers are killing themselves and their babies, all at an alarming rate. Dr Michael Curtis, Deputy State Pathologist, … [Read more...] about An Irish Epidemic: Suicide and Homicide on Antidepressants

We should talk about Brintellix: Antidepressants and Suicide

March 9, 2015 45 Comments

Brintellix

My father was born in 1955. He is medium height, loves his family, fishing and hunting. In 1980 he came to America with his wife and two children to pursue a better life. In the 1980s he would say he drank too much. He stopped because he knew he had a problem. In late 1993 the company he worked for closed so he decided to open his own machine shop. My father worked by … [Read more...] about We should talk about Brintellix: Antidepressants and Suicide

Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Prozac Story

March 2, 2015 272 Comments

woman with fire in background

Editorial Note: Over two years ago we posted Antidepressant Withdrawal: V's story. It has close to 100 comments making it one of the topics that has attracted the most interest. Right now the New York Times is running a series on Breaking up with my Meds that is attracting a lot of comment. This is a hot button issue with many people desperate to get off antidepressants and … [Read more...] about Antidepressant Withdrawal: A Prozac Story

His Chemicals, My Imbalance: A Story about Love

February 24, 2015 13 Comments

Libido

Editorial Note: This is a post by the partner of someone going through the persistent sexual dysfunction that isotretinoin can cause. It could be caused by an SSRI or it could be caused by finasteride. It could be a man supporting a woman, or a woman supporting a woman or any partnership. In June 2013 I met the love of my life, although I didn’t know it at the time. We were … [Read more...] about His Chemicals, My Imbalance: A Story about Love

Doctors Writing Scary Scripts… Saving Grace

February 16, 2015 11 Comments

Saving Grace by Jane Green

By Joanna Le Noury Saving Grace is the latest romantic novel by Jane Green. It tells the story of the perfect life of the beautiful, elegant Grace Chapman, married for 25 years to the very successful and respected author, Ted. Graces juggles stylish literary events, glamorous magazine galas, helps run Harmont House, a refuge for homeless women, and meets the demands of her … [Read more...] about Doctors Writing Scary Scripts… Saving Grace

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