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
Acne drugs
Love Making Actually – the science of
Last week’s Enduring Sexual Dysfunctions post opens doors to new ways of thinking about these and other medical conditions but also to big questions such as Why We Fall in Love . Robb Dixon, who was also at the meeting interviewed Will Powers, the guy who at the Congress, in last millennium language, shifted the enduring sexual dysfunction paradigm. In the Robb and Will … [Read more...] about Love Making Actually – the science of
Enduring Sexual Dysfunction World Congress
Over a few days in late April 2026, Ken Peters, a Professor of Urology in Detroit, chaired a meeting he had organized that pulled together some of the folk most engaged with a set of enduring medicine induced sexual dysfunctions – Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), Post Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) and Post Accutane Syndrome (PAS). (Accutane is isotretinoin). Ken figured it … [Read more...] about Enduring Sexual Dysfunction World Congress
Gambling on SSRIs
Is Consent to an SSRI Possible The idea that we had a right to know what our treatment options are and should be able to consent to the option that looks right for us – even if that conflicts with the views of the doctor we are seeing - arose in the 1950s linked to breast cancer treatment, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and treatment trials (research). The original drug … [Read more...] about Gambling on SSRIs
No Sex – We’re on Antidepressants
No Sex Please! (We’re on antidepressants). Based on 17th Century Kama Sutra and Ragamala paintings. © 2014 created by Billiam James. Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) was the first born sexual dysfunction - before its Finasteride and Isotretinoin siblings - Finasteride and Consent - Isotretinoin and Consent. This video and post give you the background to PSSD which opens … [Read more...] about No Sex – We’re on Antidepressants
Consenting to Isotretinoin and Finasteride Treatment
In the Isotretinoin and Consent and the Finasteride and Consent posts we encouraged readers to make their own videos. Our aim was to contrast the BAD Isotretinoin video with something more decent. But lots of those whose lives or families have been badly damaged by isotretinoin or finasteride want something more. They often call for these drugs to be banned. We don't … [Read more...] about Consenting to Isotretinoin and Finasteride Treatment
Finasteride and Consent
Finasteride, a treatment for Hair Loss, shares hazards in common with Isotretinoin given for acne. These include Suicide, Sexual, vision, bowel and balance problems and notably sexual, suicidal, visual, balance and bowel problems that can begin after stopping treatment and endure indefinitely. The problems that start on stopping Finasteride are termed Post-Finasteride … [Read more...] about Finasteride and Consent
Isotretinoin and Consent
Isotretinoin and Safety outlines the efforts people disabled by Isotretinoin (Accutane, Claravis) and their families have been making for a decade to get medicines regulators in Britain (MHRA) as well as in Europe (EMA) and America (FDA) to make Isotretinoin use safer. Some of those who have been injured or who have lost children or partners think nothing short of banning … [Read more...] about Isotretinoin and Consent
Isotretinoin and Safety – Destiny or Mirage?
On January 22, Britain's Medicines Regulator convened a meeting on consent to Isotretinoin (Accutane, Claravis), whose dynamics map straight onto Prima Facie. Families whose children died from Isotretinoin triggered suicide, or whose sexual function is potentially wiped our forever have clamored for reform for over a decade. In 2023, MHRA rewrote the Rules of Evidence on … [Read more...] about Isotretinoin and Safety – Destiny or Mirage?
Are HealthCare and Science Compatible?
MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SCIENCE This talk was given at the request of Professor Ilana Crome to healthcare staff and students linked to the UK's Midland's Partnership University on January 12, 2026. Slide 1: In the US, the term medical model translates to a pharmaceutical, model - a giving meds model. The term medical model began in Paris in 1800 and linked medical disorders, … [Read more...] about Are HealthCare and Science Compatible?