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Femininity and Drugs?

September 30, 2014 7 Comments

Orgasm Inc.

Just as the concepts of Recovery, Citizen Scientists and pretty well everything else can be captured by pharmaceutical industry, so also feminism and claims of sexism are now being hijacked by industry as marketing tools. FDA are accused of being sexist in not licensing a ‘female Viagra’. This claim is being used to mobilize pressure on them to license a pharmaceutical … [Read more...] about Femininity and Drugs?

A PSSD Story

July 15, 2014 8 Comments

Sexual dysfunction

Editorial Note: This is the fourth of five posts running over two weeks, about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD). The first was Wikipedia Editor inserts Foot in Mouth, followed by 120 cases of PSSD, and Recovering from PSSD. I first took citalopram in November 2007, at the age of 22. I had quite bad OCD and because there was a long wait to try CBT, I was persuaded to try … [Read more...] about A PSSD Story

Recovering from PSSD

July 11, 2014 79 Comments

Hope and despair

Some weeks ago, a number of people linked to Paxil Progress got in touch. They were concerned that RxISK was putting out a message that there was no recovery from Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) and that if people got this message they might go on to commit suicide. This post tackles the issue of recovery, first by offering an account of recovery, followed by a comment and … [Read more...] about Recovering from PSSD

PSSD – One Hundred and Twenty Cases

July 9, 2014 7 Comments

Office folders

Delete - Delete! No sooner was the original Wikipedia PSSD page restored that it attracted an extermination notice from the Wikipedia Daleks. The original page may or may not still be here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_SSRI_Sexual_Dysfunction_(PSSD). In Wikipedia Editor Inserts Foot in Mouth on Monday, we called on people to consider hosting Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, … [Read more...] about PSSD – One Hundred and Twenty Cases

Wikipedia Editor Inserts Foot in Mouth

July 7, 2014 16 Comments

Computer oops

Editorial Note: This is the first of several posts about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) over the next two weeks on RxISK. This post coincides with the restoration of the Wikipedia PSSD Page which was taken down earlier this year. We reposted the page on RxISK and outlined the controversy surrounding its removal. The restored Wikipedia page, within 12 hours of restoration, … [Read more...] about Wikipedia Editor Inserts Foot in Mouth

Post Finasteride Syndrome: PFS

February 13, 2014 84 Comments

Finasteride

Editorial Note: Wikipedia astonishingly removed their post on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction on January 27th (see this week's previous posts: Sexual DEATH, Wikipedia Stumbles and Wikipedia Falls). This was a huge mistake. PSSD and related conditions like Post-Finasteride and Post-Isotretinoin Syndromes are very real, probably holding the key to a number of physiological and … [Read more...] about Post Finasteride Syndrome: PFS

Wikipedia Falls: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

February 12, 2014 9 Comments

Discussion

Editorial Note: This is the debate among Wikipedia referees about whether the PSSD post should be retained. The lead person in having it removed goes under the nom de plume of 'Formerly 98'. It is the third post in a Post Drug Sexual Dysfunction (PDSD) series that started with Sexual Death and went on to Wikipedia Stumbles. Background to Formerly 98 I'm a scientist by … [Read more...] about Wikipedia Falls: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

Wikipedia Stumbles: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

February 11, 2014 25 Comments

A couple in bed with a relationship problem

Editorial Note: There was until recently a Wikipedia post on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), which helped put this condition on the map. On January 27 it was taken down. We reproduce the original post here and in a post tomorrow we will give the debate surrounding its removal. See our main PSSD page for more information about the condition. Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction … [Read more...] about Wikipedia Stumbles: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

Sexual Dysfunction Enduring After Treatment Halts: Sexual-DEATH

February 10, 2014 11 Comments

No sex please (we're on antidepressants)

Editorial note: This post is written in the first person but there are a lot of voices in here. Wikipedia stumbles and falls Wikipedia used to host a valued page on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), a condition which can result from the previous use of SSRI antidepressants. On January 27th this was taken down. A Post-Finasteride Syndrome page has also been taken down. … [Read more...] about Sexual Dysfunction Enduring After Treatment Halts: Sexual-DEATH

Accutane: 30 Years of Trading our Sex Lives for Clear Skin

December 10, 2013 249 Comments

Clear skin

Editorial: Bill G. Sex and skin There are an ever-increasing and disturbing number of young people claiming their sex lives have been permanently ruined from taking the acne drug, isotretinoin, commonly referred to by its former brand-name, Accutane. Often these affected young men and women, many in their teens and early 20s, cannot overcome their embarrassment to report … [Read more...] about Accutane: 30 Years of Trading our Sex Lives for Clear Skin

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