Editorial Note: Returning to the theme of the RxISK Prize... Reading the weekend newspaper, some months back, my eye was caught by a flame red haired women in a turquoise dress who said her occupation involved testing sex toys. The article was impossible to ignore and there was nothing for it but to contact Venus O’Hara afterwards. What Venus doesn't know about Sex Sixteen … [Read more...] about Venus Not Rising
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Better Times Will Return
The following blog post comes from Mary Hennessey. It's a wonderful example of the generosity we have seen in response to our RxISK Prize campaign, in support of men and women who have been left with permanent sexual dysfunction after using antidepressants, finasteride, or isotretinoin. Commissioned textile art piece - to be sold I commissioned this textile art piece to help … [Read more...] about Better Times Will Return
PGAD: Clitoridectomy or ECT?
Editorial Note: Following on from The Princess and the Frozen Pea, this is a second post in a PGAD series. There will be one more on the range of conditions mentioned here that are often linked to PGAD - interstitial cystitis, pelvic floor dysnergia, prostatitis and others. See also PGAD Video Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD) has been associated with SSRI use … [Read more...] about PGAD: Clitoridectomy or ECT?
The Princess and the Frozen Pea: PGAD
Imagine: sitting with friends – maybe a couple of people you have never met before also present – having supper. You’re uncomfortable; it’s hard to sit still. You try hard to concentrate on the conversation – the political turmoil erupting around you, or a film someone’s just been to see – but you can’t. Because the discomfort between your legs is unbearable. It fills every … [Read more...] about The Princess and the Frozen Pea: PGAD
POIS: A Whole New Meaning to Man Flu
The following article about Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome (POIS) by Andrea Downey appeared in The Sun on November 29, 2017. (Keep reading after the article). COMING DOWN WITH SOMETHING? BOYS, do you get a stuffy nose, fatigue and the sweats after you've had sex? No, it's not because your performance was so mind blowing your body couldn't cope - you could actually be … [Read more...] about POIS: A Whole New Meaning to Man Flu
RxISK Prize: Campaign & Challenge
The RxISK Prize campaign took off 3 months ago. The generosity of donors from all walks of life - many out of work because of the impact of these conditions on them - has been astonishing. There have also been substantial anonymous donations. While many of those affected have lost faith in doctors and pharmaceutical companies, seeing the donations come in has restored a … [Read more...] about RxISK Prize: Campaign & Challenge
Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction: Getting a Diagnosis
When reading about the experiences of people with Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), one of the common themes is the difficulty that some sufferers have faced in trying to obtain a formal diagnosis. However, this isn't always the case. There seems to be a disparity between the experiences of different PSSD sufferers when engaging with the healthcare profession. The same holds … [Read more...] about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction: Getting a Diagnosis
Here We Stand, We Can Do No Other
Editorial Note. This post runs hand in hand with Vampire Medicine and Cisparency on David Healy.org. It is the second of three posts, following on from Reformation Day laying the basis for a RxISK Map which is linked to the RxISK Prize. When you are facing down the barrel of a tank… Pharmaceutical companies, medical academics, the government and the media will pitch … [Read more...] about Here We Stand, We Can Do No Other
RxISK Reformation Day
Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther nailed a set of theses to a Church door calling time on a scam. A scam that had the backing of the political and religious authorities of the day. When challenged his response was “Here I stand, I can do no other”. Today is Reformation Day. The drama in Luther’s challenge lay in the perception that indulgences were just the tip of the … [Read more...] about RxISK Reformation Day
RxISK Prize: Stigma and Recovery
This continues the series of posts about the RxISK Prize. It lays the way for the RxISK Prize and Map which will feature next week Stigma PSSD, PFS, PRSD and PGAD come with a heavy burden of stigma. This is a problem AIDS activists met head-on and conquered in an extraordinary fashion. It had never been done quite like this before by anyone. In the early 1980s few … [Read more...] about RxISK Prize: Stigma and Recovery