On Friday March 31st, British airwaves were full of news about a significant change in Britain's National Health Service. Bleeding Obvious? After its 8 AM news headlines, Radio 4’s flagship news program, Today, featured the boss of the National Health Service, Simon Stevens, explaining how the new system would be better even though long-established targets for waiting list … [Read more...] about The Sheriff of Nottingham
Osteoporosis
Fragile Doctors: Iatroporosis
Editorial Note: This post is from Sara Bostock, who was one of the originators of the SSRI Stories concept and a key player in putting pressure on FDA to put in place Suicide Warnings on Antidepressants. So she is far from the average in her determination - although to look at her she looks just like the rest of us. Tough though she is, this post brings out just how difficult … [Read more...] about Fragile Doctors: Iatroporosis
Stevie’s Story: Beware Osteoporosis Drugs
Editorial Note: We want any accounts of adverse or interesting events on drugs or new uses for drugs from people on them - or doctors, pharmacists or others trying to manage the effects of drugs. We would be very interested in accounts of what happens when people take RxISK reports to doctors. I thought that my story was a Seroxat story. I thought that I had been duped, once, … [Read more...] about Stevie’s Story: Beware Osteoporosis Drugs