RxISK's posts on consent start way back even before We have a Dream - Getting Engaged to a Doctor or You'll Come a Taltzing Matilda with Me. There's the recent Challenging my Doctor to Disclose or Challenging a Juggernaut and above all Guilty until Proven Innocent. Why another? Read on to find out about Connecting. When is Consent Consent The notion that medical treatment … [Read more...] about Consent to Waltz, Capacity to Tango, Connect to..
Polypharmacy
Ordinary or Forgotten Women and Men
Mid-Ulster Council lit up for July 29 Dr Gerald Dal Pan druginfo@fda.hhs.gov This letter was emailed to Dr Dal Pan on July 29, 2026 See Prescribed Harm Awareness and Stolen Lives for more on this. Dear Dr Dal Pan I listened with interest to your recent interview with Dr Celia Williams in a Q & A with FDA series, where you were asked which types of adverse event … [Read more...] about Ordinary or Forgotten Women and Men
ADHD, ASD and Disability Benefits Collide
: This is a tricky talk. ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are not simple medical disorders. They come with a lot of baggage. There is a video version of the talk here with the slides and text and links to related articles or posts below. You can make all slides below bigger by Clicking on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgIXBUqrO8 Slide 1: The Report … [Read more...] about ADHD, ASD and Disability Benefits Collide
Treating Narcissistic Doctor Disorder
Many of Freud's ideas linger with us to this day. A few are disastrously misapplied in some situations but still capable of offering insights in other situations. One of these Janus-Faced ideas was about transference reactions. One day a woman in therapy threw her arms around Sigmund. Rather than reach for the obvious explanation, discombobulated he figured she was … [Read more...] about Treating Narcissistic Doctor Disorder
Good Care in Healthcare
Invited by the Nevada Psychological Association I gave a lecture in Reno on October 4 - see Health, Care and Science. The lecture centered on the death of Woody Witczak on a Zoloft Big Dipper ride and what can be done to save us from a fate like his. Two days later the Southern California Psychiatry Society and an AstroTurf group no-one had heard of before, the Committee … [Read more...] about Good Care in Healthcare
American Psychiatric Association and FDA
See American Psychiatric Association Request for Assistance Dear Commissioner Makary, On behalf of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the largest medical specialty society representing more than 39,200 physicians who specialize in the treatment of mental illnesses, including substance use disorders, we appreciate the agency’s attention to maternal mental … [Read more...] about American Psychiatric Association and FDA
Back to the Future of Personal Care
This post links to From Just Say No to Getting to Yes. If I prescribe you a medicine, the science starts when you swallow it. The observers at this experiment are you, your family, friends, people you work or live with – and me. Science is said to be based on Show Me not Trust Me. So you might say first Show me the Evidence - Inform my Consent. Can Consent be … [Read more...] about Back to the Future of Personal Care
The Future of Health App-ointments
Several of the many people who write or track RxISK posts, have had input to this one, which dovetails with Harriet Vogt's post last week Repairing Ruptures in Clinical Care and the work of Shane Cooke and Mary Hennessey in getting health systems to listen to the voices of those harmed by treatment. The post, maybe, casts an ominous light on our abilities to get medicine to … [Read more...] about The Future of Health App-ointments
Restoring the Magic to Healthcare
The Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SRI) story starts in 1969 with Arvid Carlsson (above) who created Zelmid, the first SRI, after listening to people on antidepressants. He linked an anxiolytic effect some older drugs have to the serotonin system. The SRIs aimed at exploring that effect - Normality and Antidepressant Dysregulation. Fluoxetine (Prozac). sertraline (Zoloft). … [Read more...] about Restoring the Magic to Healthcare
Deciphering the Web We Have Woven
Three people who got in touch recently, one with a problem, one with an idea, and one 'outraged' contributed to this post. The problem and idea illustrate what happens when doctors take Probity Blockers. The outrage tells you almost everything you need to know about the Web we are enmeshed in. Using the problem, idea and outrage, this post gives a punchier version of the … [Read more...] about Deciphering the Web We Have Woven