Illustration: Lost on the Sea of Medicine, © 2014 created by Billiam James This is the first of 4 posts on the idea of Sanctuary Trauma. Some weeks ago, Trixie Foster got in touch. Trixie is an extraordinary campaigner on behalf of those injured by Lariam (mefloquine) - see the Strange History and Lariam Hell. She also takes up the cause of those injured by other … [Read more...] about Sanctuary Trauma and Lariam Toxicity
Antidepressants
Brain Fog: What is it? How to Treat it.
Lots of people complain of cognitive problems on or after taking medications, whether psychotropic drugs, cholesterol lowering statins, asthma drugs like montelukast, or fluoroquinolone antibiotics. They often use the word “Brain Fog” to cover this. Women get Brain Fog in pregnancy that can linger afterwards. People with Long Covid complain of Brain Fog as do the Covid … [Read more...] about Brain Fog: What is it? How to Treat it.
New Study of Antidepressants and Vision Problems
The printed version of our new paper “Development and persistence of patient-reported visual problems associated with serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressants” has just been published. We couldn’t afford open access, so it would normally only be available to purchase or for subscribers of the journal. However, we've paid a fee of $200 USD which allows us to post the … [Read more...] about New Study of Antidepressants and Vision Problems
Leader with a Mandate to Eliminate Contagion
Breaking News Jorge Mario Moves with the Times Having been the first Head of State to introduce Mandates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio appears to have gotten the bit between his teeth and is now embracing (perhaps the wrong word) modern medicine rather completely. While one will surely come, there is not at present an mRNA gene therapy against the sexual abuse of minors or … [Read more...] about Leader with a Mandate to Eliminate Contagion
Is Recovery from Medication Possible?
In response to recent posts, especially A Time for PSSD, Laurie Oakley got in touch with the following thoughts. Laurie has had a series of six posts on Pharmaceutical Rape on davidhealy.org starting in February 2015 but mostly from early January 2016. These outline her own difficulties recovering from medication induced injury and the equal injury of finding the system … [Read more...] about Is Recovery from Medication Possible?
Sex Please but We Are on Antidepressants
This anonymous post stemmed from a RxISK report, which came in following A Time for PSSD last week. If anyone else, female or male, has started an antidepressant before or early in puberty with things not working quite as a result - anything from being asexual through to intrusive uncontrollable orgasms - you can file a RxISK Report . This will keep everything you mention … [Read more...] about Sex Please but We Are on Antidepressants
A Time for Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction?
This post has been put together by L who in the last few years has been an inspiration to many people suffering the ill-effects of a number of different drugs. Like mythical heroines she has many different aliases. When it comes to the harms done to us, behind heroes like Zorro or the Scarlet Pimpernel, you can almost certainly find L or another woman. There is a French … [Read more...] about A Time for Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction?
Diagnostic Criteria for Enduring Sexual Dysfunction
Background We noticed that a lack of diagnostic criteria was increasingly being mentioned in the published literature on post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD). The condition was being described as difficult to diagnose because there was no commonly accepted definition. At the same time, a number of new websites and online discussions were appearing, many of which seemed to … [Read more...] about Diagnostic Criteria for Enduring Sexual Dysfunction
Prescribed Harms and Vaccine Hesitancy
In 2015, there was a series of posts on davidhealy.org Pharmaceutical Rape, Pharmaceutical Rape is not a Metaphor, Pharmaceutical Rape: Cast of Characters, Pharmaceutical Rape: The Good Patient, Pharmaceutical Rape: Doctors Still Know Best, Pharmaceutical Rape: Discrimination, Pharmaceutical Rape: Ending our Tolerance. The following year GlaxoSmithKline lawyers deposed me in … [Read more...] about Prescribed Harms and Vaccine Hesitancy
Regula(to)r Woman or Mother: Wright as Raine
This post needs to be read in conjunction with Companies and Mothers on davidhealy.org. Most people think pharmaceutical companies are evil and regulators are on our side. Both are intensely bureaucratic. They hide behind procedures. Judge for yourself which has the most humanity. June Raine CEO, MHRA 10 South Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 4PU Dear Dr … [Read more...] about Regula(to)r Woman or Mother: Wright as Raine