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
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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
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
Lonesome Heroes can work Miracles
Yesterday, the BBC reported that following inquests where older drivers with compromised eyesight have killed pedestrians, and what, possibly thanks to the work of the BBC's Hazel Martin (SSRIs and Alcohol), the British government has called "a catastrophic rise" in deaths linked to alcohol, it has been announced that there will be a tightening of regulations for eye-testing … [Read more...] about Lonesome Heroes can work Miracles
Unsafe Safety Systems: SSRIs and Pregnancy
On behalf of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., the FDA is holding a series of roundtable discussions with independent panels of scientific experts that will review the latest scientific evidence, evaluate potential health risks, explore safer alternatives, and may offer recommendations for regulatory action. This initiative is part of the FDA’s broader efforts to … [Read more...] about Unsafe Safety Systems: SSRIs and Pregnancy
Ostriches, Doctors, SSRIs and Tylenol
In 2023 a new set of Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Alcohol Use Disorders put a serious problem on the radar for doctors that few of them likely expected. See Antidepressants, Alcohol and Anne-Marie. The antidepressants doctors commonly prescribed, often telling people these medicines would help them manage their alcohol issues, were likely causing the problem – … [Read more...] about Ostriches, Doctors, SSRIs and Tylenol
Deciphering the Web We Have Woven
Three people who got in touch recently, one with a problem, one with an idea, and one 'outraged' contributed to this post. The problem and idea illustrate what happens when doctors take Probity Blockers. The outrage tells you almost everything you need to know about the Web we are enmeshed in. Using the problem, idea and outrage, this post gives a punchier version of the … [Read more...] about Deciphering the Web We Have Woven
Getting a Juggernaut to Stop and Think
Seeing people make a difference is among the the great things about being linked to RxISK. One of those is Anne-Marie Kelly, celebrated here before, of whom more below. But first, Peter Selley. Over the last two years and more but especially in the last 18 months, Peter has been working on RSV vaccines and making a difference. It is Hard for Thee to Kick against the … [Read more...] about Getting a Juggernaut to Stop and Think
Uterine Roulette and Consent
This post continues with the Lonesome Heroines theme - Consent. It needs reading in conjunction with Peter Selley's Coming Clean on Neonatal Deaths. The fact these posts deal with vaccines is semi-irrelevant - they are about a development model, a playbook, set up with SSRIs that industry now apply across all products. Our Bodies, Ourselves, a book by the Boston Women's … [Read more...] about Uterine Roulette and Consent