Not the RxISK Manifesto
October 18, 2019 | 11 Comments

Last week’s RxISK Manifesto post featured an article then just published in BMJ. The BMJ picture that went with the article looked like this.  This gives entirely the opposite message to the article. The article says a doctors job would be a lot more interesting if they listened and encouraged anyone consulting them to become […]

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RxISK Manifesto
October 7, 2019 | 11 Comments

This post is close to identical to an article that has just appeared in the BMJ – Clinical Judgments, not Algorithms, are key to Patient Safety.   Immediately on taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), most people have some genital anaesthesia.1 This may be aggravated on withdrawal of the drug and can remain for years […]

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Isotretinoin petition
Post-Retinoid Sexual Dysfunction (PRSD) Petition
October 29, 2018 | 29 Comments

There are long-standing reports of sexual dysfunction linked to the use of isotretinoin, a retinoid drug used in the treatment of acne. FDA and MHRA received the first reports of sexual dysfunction involving isotretinoin in 1983 and 1985 respectively, and according to a publication in The Lancet, Roche had received 150 reports of problems affecting the […]

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What's your story
AbbVie Petition Signers with a Story to Tell
October 30, 2013 | One Comment

This selection of quotes abbreviates in many cases what was written. The contributions come from all the continents who have signed. On statins (10) ES: Memory loss, couldn’t walk very far. came off statins and back pain went within a few days. DG: My body has been damaged by the statin drug simvastatin. If I had know about […]

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Secret potions suck
Extreme Petitioning
October 25, 2013 | 2 Comments

Thank you to everyone who signed RxISK’s Drug Safety Petition asking pharmaceutical giants AbbVie and Intermune to stop blocking the European Medicines Agency (EMA) from releasing prescription drug clinical trial data. Only one person signed the United States Declaration of Independence – but this made a difference. The RxISK Drug Safety Petition now has 6000+ signatures […]

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Petition
RxISK Drug Safety Petition
October 24, 2013 | 2 Comments

The RxISK Drug Safety Petition has been translated into 19 different languages. Click on the links below to view: ARABIC – إن سلامة الأدوية لا تكون سرا تجاريا BOSNIAN – Hocemo pristup farmaceutskim podacima o lijeku! CHINESE – 让我们看到药物数据！药物的毒害性不是”商业机密“。 CZECH – Zveřejněte údaje o lécích! Riziko jejich užívání není obchodním tajemstvím DUTCH – RxISK.org heeft een […]

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dangerous side effects
AbbVie Petition: Drug Hazards are Not Trade Secrets
August 30, 2013 | No Comments

RxISK has started a petition on Change.org which will go to Richard Gonzalez CEO of AbbVie, and Daniel Welch CEO of InterMune, who are at present taking a legal action to block the European Medicines Agency’s policy of open access to clinical trial data. The reason to petition is in this post Let’s do the AbbVie […]

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