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Clinical Details Confuse Expert Doctors

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Following the death of their 16-year-old son Romain, who had been put on paroxetine with Tercian later added, Yoko Motohama and Vincent Schmitt began asking questions of GSK, Sanofi, the French ANSM (Agence nationale de sécurité du medicament), and others. They set up two websites Antidepeffects.wordpress.com and Romainschmitt.wordpress.com. Romain’s case features on … [Read more...] about Clinical Details Confuse Expert Doctors

Could Journalists be Doctors in Disguise

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I had to give some workshops a few years ago to media students and either while thinking about what to say or in the middle of saying it, or soon after, it hit me that good doctoring has a lot in common with good journalism. Both hinge on getting the story right and key to that is having a real person whom others can contact to check out the story they have been told about … [Read more...] about Could Journalists be Doctors in Disguise

DD and AA Groups Similarities and Differences

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Illustration: Is There Life After Meds?, © 2014 created by Billiam James DD in this case stands for Drug Damaged.  AA for Alcoholics Anonymous. Some of the material in this post is likely to disturb some readers. Reading it in conjunction with Here We Stand We Can Do No Other and Dos Centavos - Veinte Euros may help make sense of material that may not sit well with some … [Read more...] about DD and AA Groups Similarities and Differences

Harry and Meghan and Narinder

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Some weeks ago, in Antidepressants and Premature Death RxISK featured an article by Narinder Balsal and colleagues from Bristol in the British Journal of Psychiatry, which caused quite a fuss.  See below. Today we are posting about another article by her in PLoS Medicine.  This comes with an Animated Trailer - the first RxISK post to feature one. The article - … [Read more...] about Harry and Meghan and Narinder

Charles Dickens and Red Tape, Alive and Well in 2023

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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.

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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.

Our Unequal Struggle with Health Systems

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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

The Treatment was Great, The Patient Died

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This post contains a letter sent on October 31, 2022 to the Minister for Mental Health in Scotland about Gordon Hughes pictured here with his mother a few weeks before the events outlined below.  Pictures and headings have been added. Kevin Stewart MSP, Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, MinisterMWSC@gov.scot Dear Mr. Stewart, I was recently approached by … [Read more...] about The Treatment was Great, The Patient Died