This is part two of Johanna Ryan's posts on Ghosts in the Clinical Trial Machine or Clinical Trial Fraud. Last weeks post reported on how doctors in three states have been convicted of handing in fake clinical-trial results from fake patients. This week we’ll examine how small-time crooks like these ended up doing world-class medical research for companies like GSK. Medical … [Read more...] about Clinical Trial Fraud
Medication errors
Antidepressants: Education and Disability Certificates
This post covers difficulties primarily on antidepressants that medicines can cause to people in schools or universities who end up unable to study or do course-work, as well as the difficulties people can have trying to get off medicines, a process that can be pretty disabling. The materials linked to this post are being put in your hands to run an experiment and hopefully … [Read more...] about Antidepressants: Education and Disability Certificates
PIMsPlus: Resources for Safer Medications
Today Taper MD launch PIMsPlus.org, a new free searchable resource for safer medication use which is focused on Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIMs): medications that should be used with caution in older adults because research and clinical experience with these medications have shown that the risk of adverse effects can outweigh the benefits. The aim of … [Read more...] about PIMsPlus: Resources for Safer Medications
Medication Errors resulting in CNS Damage from Contrast Agent Overdose
James T. O’Donnell PharmD (Rush University Medical Center) and James J. O’Donnell PhD (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science), The field of pharmacology is an important area of medicine that focuses on the effects of drugs in different … [Read more...] about Medication Errors resulting in CNS Damage from Contrast Agent Overdose