April 28, 2013 by Jerome Burne Earlier this week the Daily Mail published my feature on side-effects and how patients aren’t properly warned about them. Antidepressants, for instance, can cause compulsive heavy drinking but you wouldn’t know it from the drug information leaflet. The article is about campaigning psychiatrist Dr David Healy, who believes patients need a … [Read more...] about Daily Mail Online: Why randomised controlled trials don’t tell you what you want to know
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The Honest Apothecary: Pharmageddon, RxISK.org, and an interview with Dr. David Healy
There are many roads one can travel on within the world of medicine. Some take their training down the pathway of clinical practice and patient care. Other will steer themselves toward the scholarly street of science and studies. A few apply their brains to the boulevard of books and blogs. And some head straight for the Interstate and become internationally recognized … [Read more...] about The Honest Apothecary: Pharmageddon, RxISK.org, and an interview with Dr. David Healy
Daily Mail Online: Could your medicine give you a drink problem?
The disturbing side-effects even the manufacturers don't know about By Jerome Burne Published: 23:50 GMT, 22 April 2013 | Updated: 06:41 GMT, 23 April 2013 Several years ago, Anne-Marie Cook, a 40-year-old health care assistant from Surrey, was prescribed the antidepressant Seroxat after she’d become anxious and withdrawn following the death of her father. Within a … [Read more...] about Daily Mail Online: Could your medicine give you a drink problem?
Maclean’s magazine: There’s a pill for that
A B.C. class-action suit against the makers of Paxil is putting the spotlight on a controversial issue: the growing use of antidepressants during pregnancy. ...Yet a rising chorus of researchers is questioning Motherisk’s stance on SSRI use in pregnancy. One of the most vocal is psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist David Healy, director of the North Wales department of … [Read more...] about Maclean’s magazine: There’s a pill for that
Trouble stopping your meds? New tool from RxISK can help
Editorial Note: Following a redesign of the website in 2015, the Symptoms on Stopping Zone mentioned in this article now works differently. You can search for withdrawal related side effects in the Drugs A-Z section. Side effects can be reported using the main “Report a Side Effect” function. Free online tool to research and report prescription drug side effects on … [Read more...] about Trouble stopping your meds? New tool from RxISK can help
BBC Radio: The Prozac Economy
Prozac is 25 years old. It has been taken by over 40 million people around the world and made billions of dollars for Eli Lilly, the company that created it. But does it work? And what effect has the promise of a "happiness pill" had on society? Will Self examines the legacy of the so-called 'wonder drug'. As he sets off on a personal exploration of the conflicting and … [Read more...] about BBC Radio: The Prozac Economy
Dr. David Healy reviews Bad Pharma
RxISK founder Dr. David Healy reviews Ben Goldacre’s Bad Pharma Toronto, Ontario — Psychopharmacologist and world-renowned drug safety expert Dr. David Healy of RxISK.org reviews Dr. Ben Goldacre’s best seller Bad Pharma. Healy praises many aspects of the book: “It will be accessible to anyone interested in health and its politics. It strikes the right note of outrage. It … [Read more...] about Dr. David Healy reviews Bad Pharma
RxISK asks: Are prescription drugs causing suicides?
Dr. Healy explains how prescription drugs can lead to suicide RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, interviews Dr. David Healy, co-founder of RxISK, on the connection between suicide and prescription drugs. In the video, Dr. Healy explains how prescription drugs can lead to suicide, and what can be done to … [Read more...] about RxISK asks: Are prescription drugs causing suicides?
RxISK founder Dr. David Healy: Side Effects – The True Story
Side Effects, the film, may well feature some great actors but in the real world of side effects, you the public, take centre stage. Bangor, Wales — Today’s UK release of the movie Side Effects should remind us of the real world drug side effect problem. Drug side effects are now a leading cause of death, disability, and illness. Experts estimate that only 1–10% of “serious” … [Read more...] about RxISK founder Dr. David Healy: Side Effects – The True Story
RxISK founder Dr. David Healy makes Maclean’s list of 2012 best non-fiction books with Pharmageddon
RxISK is pleased to announce that Dr. David Healy’s latest book, Pharmageddon, was named by Maclean’s magazine as one of the best non-fiction books of 2012. “David Healy’s exposé of the pharmaceutical industry’s control of modern medicine is a chilling, essential read,” says Maclean’s on Pharmageddon. Pharmageddon was the philosophical underpinning of the RxISK.org … [Read more...] about RxISK founder Dr. David Healy makes Maclean’s list of 2012 best non-fiction books with Pharmageddon