This brief post links to a development since the last - Everything you Want to Know about Sex - post. Twitter like Woody Allen seems to believe you shouldn't be allowed to ask certain questions. A few weeks ago I did a podcast with Liz Tucker on her What Your GP Doesn't Tell You podcast series - which has a lot of stellar interviews. It took a while to edit, finally … [Read more...] about What Twitter doesn’t Want you to Know about Sex
Antidepressants
Everything You Want to Know about Sex *
Lost in Medication. Ask your doctor about the sexual side-effects of your meds. Based on Adam and Eve painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1526. © Billiam James 2014 The title for the post comes from the W Allen movie Everything you Wanted to Know about Sex * But were Afraid to Ask. Not a title that has worn well with time. We have things we don't know about sex. You … [Read more...] about Everything You Want to Know about Sex *
Podcasts, YouTube Channels, Blogs and Related
In some of the comments after the last post, POGO mentioned that Josef Witt-Doerring has done two interviews with me so far and posted them on his site. The Risks of Antidepressants and Antidepressants and Mass Shootings/Murder Suicide: An interview has also appeared on Demystifying Science podcast with Anastasia & Michael Shilo The Podcast called … [Read more...] about Podcasts, YouTube Channels, Blogs and Related
Charles Dickens and Red Tape, Alive and Well in 2023
This post is a follow up to Great Treatment, Patient Dead and to last weeks 'Twas the Nice before Christmas. This image is almost unreadable but worth presenting as it's the first mention of Red Tape - short for Red Tapeworm. The full, readable text can be found here The Circumlocution Office. Red Tape is a highly topical way to start the New Year. Dickens was … [Read more...] about Charles Dickens and Red Tape, Alive and Well in 2023
Twas the NICE before Christmas.
To the Sounds of a Drum © Nina Otulakowski November 2022 This letter, which has had no response, needs to be read in conjunction with Can you Hear the Suzerain Call? Letter to Dr S Roberts, CEO, Ms Nebhrajani, Chair, NICE November 30 2022 Dear Drs Roberts and Ms. Nebhrajani I wrote to your predecessors Dr Haslam and Mr. Dillon just under 3 years ago about the issues of … [Read more...] about Twas the NICE before Christmas.
A Cure for PSSD, PFS and Post-Isotretinoin Syndrome
The Holy Grail © Nina Otulakowski June 2022 You need to click on the image to get the full effects. In recent months, RxISK has been working closely with Luisa Guerrini in Milan, whose background is in research on regulatory proteins like p 63 and p 53, on which Thalidomide works. This discovery led to excitement a few years ago when it was thought the mechanism through which … [Read more...] about A Cure for PSSD, PFS and Post-Isotretinoin Syndrome
Our Unequal Struggle with Health Systems
This is Lacoon, a Trojan priest, and his sons being engulfed and killed by snakes from the deep as he tried to warn the Trojans about the Horse they were planning to pull inside their walls. Gordon Hughes case, outlined last week in Treatment Great, Patient Died, shares a lot in common with Evelyn, Kafka, Jack and Luise in the same post. Unfortunately, most readers … [Read more...] about Our Unequal Struggle with Health Systems
Science, Kansas and the Wizard of Washington
This post follows on from Science, Kansas and Pancakes. Peter is doing a good job spreading word of this article on the Prozac studies in children and featuring other aspects of this extraordinary story. This post focusses in on one revelatory feature. Reviewer #3: A window with the view on the details of how drug approval proceeds. Very informative and helpful for … [Read more...] about Science, Kansas and the Wizard of Washington
Science, Kansas and Pancakes
A long time ago, following work on the Restoration of Study 329, I was approached by Peter Goetzsche, featured above, to work on restoring the two trials that had got Prozac (fluoxetine) approved for children for depression. I may have suggested this idea to Peter in that from 2004 or so I was aware that reviewers in the US FDA had concluded that although they were going to … [Read more...] about Science, Kansas and Pancakes
PSSD Patients Needed for Small Fibre Neuropathy Investigation
We recently ran a couple of blog posts about the possibility of a link between post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) and small fibre neuropathy: Sensory Receptors, Small Fibres and Neuropathy Antidepressant Neuropathy and the Color of Life The posts recapped some of the things we had previously discussed on the blog and also included new information about a Finnish … [Read more...] about PSSD Patients Needed for Small Fibre Neuropathy Investigation