How often do prescription medications cause people to do things they would never normally do? Prominent psychopharmacologist Dr. David Healy will be in North America February 18-22 (Chicago, Washington) with his latest observations on all manner of uncharacteristic behaviors that prescription drugs can cause. A researcher and acknowledged expert on antidepressants and the … [Read more...] about RxISK.org’s Dr. Healy coming to talk to U.S. audiences about deadly prescription drug side effects
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RxISK asks: Are prescription drugs to blame for school shootings?
Dr. Healy explains how prescription drugs can lead to school shootings RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, interviewed Dr. David Healy, co-founder of RxISK.org, on the connection between school shootings and prescription drugs. In the video, Dr. Healy explains how prescription drugs can lead to school … [Read more...] about RxISK asks: Are prescription drugs to blame for school shootings?
WND Education – Top Psychiatrist: Meds Behind School Massacres
Society conducting 'vast social experiment' without knowing its end NEW YORK – If lawmakers and authorities are truly concerned about stopping gun violence in schools, they need to take a close look at the prescription of psychotropic drugs for children and young people, says a leading psychiatrist. In an exclusive in-person interview in New York City with WND, London-based … [Read more...] about WND Education – Top Psychiatrist: Meds Behind School Massacres
Your skin on drugs – new tool from RxISK.org
[Note: The current version of the Skin and Nails Zone works differently than described below.] Free online tool to research and report prescription drug side effects on skin and nails Toronto, Ontario — RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, has just added a Skin Zone to highlight and collect data on the … [Read more...] about Your skin on drugs – new tool from RxISK.org
National Post — Poison in healthy doses: MP warns that Canadians blind to dangers of prescription drugs
Canadians are willfully blind to the lethal risks of prescription drugs, which kill people “every day” through side effects, even at proper doses, according to a Conservative MP. “All drugs are poisons,” Terence Young told a packed audience this week at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. “The only difference between a drug and a poison is dosage.” ...David Healy, CEO of … [Read more...] about National Post — Poison in healthy doses: MP warns that Canadians blind to dangers of prescription drugs
Dr Healy’s interview with Andy Oudman 1290 AM CJBK, London
Andy Oudman (1290 AM CJBK, London ON) interviews Dr. David Healy, author of "Pharmageddon," about an extremely important upcoming panel discussion regarding the risks associated with medications to be held on January 15 in Toronto at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Currently, this event is sold out. The next day, the video should be uploaded at RxISK.org. Dr. Healy points out that … [Read more...] about Dr Healy’s interview with Andy Oudman 1290 AM CJBK, London
RxISK Forum on Rx drug-induced violence (NYC)
Are common US prescription medications linked to violence? On Friday January 18, 2013 from 2 to 3pm at the Still Mind Zendo* center in New York City, RxISK.org will be hosting a free public discussion about links between school shootings, other violent acts, and common prescription medications with Dr. David Healy, MD, a world-renowned psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist … [Read more...] about RxISK Forum on Rx drug-induced violence (NYC)
WND Education – Psych Meds Linked to 90% of School Shootings
Expert: Psychiatric drugs likely cause of Lanza's extreme violence NEW YORK – From the moment news emerged Friday that a young man had carried out a horrific massacre of elementary-school children, politicians from local city halls to the White House have been restoking the age-old push for more gun control. While guns have been a common denominator in mass slayings at schools … [Read more...] about WND Education – Psych Meds Linked to 90% of School Shootings
Is your hair on drugs?
[Note: The current version of the Hair Zone works differently than described below.] Bad hair day — could it be your drugs? Free online tool to check prescription drugs effects on hair RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, has just added a Hair Zone to both highlight and to collect more data on the links … [Read more...] about Is your hair on drugs?
Make sure your prescription drug doesn’t “spike” your holiday cocktail
Website warns revelers about little known drug side effect RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, issued a holiday caution today on the use of alcohol and prescription drugs. Did you know that combining an FDA-approved prescription drug with alcohol can put you over the legal limit even though you've only … [Read more...] about Make sure your prescription drug doesn’t “spike” your holiday cocktail