Back in October 2021, I was talking to Patrick about ADHD and his book Obedience Pills. ADHD has since become a very big and polarizing issue in the UK. Katinka Newman has had a prominent and hard-hitting article in the Daily Mail two weeks ago on these issues. There have been earlier RxISK posts on ADHD Nation, and Is there such a thing as Adult ADHD and many posts on the … [Read more...] about The Day the Science Died
Vaccine
Remind Your Sister to get Vaccinated
The European Pharmaceutical Industry, in the guise of EFPIA, has a stranglehold on the European Commission in terms of policies for vaccination promotion and acquisition of healthcare data. Healthcare data is essential for Pharma to collect commercially useful realworld evidence of clinical illnesses and prescribing habits and trends. Both campaigns are supported directly or … [Read more...] about Remind Your Sister to get Vaccinated
ADHD and Polypharmacy. American Conditions?
This post tackles two RxISK themes - ADHD and Polypharmacy. While working through Pfizer's Serious Adverse Event narrative file, see The Fog of a Special Medical Operation, the term ADHD - attention deficit hyperactive cropped up quite often. There was one predictable feature to this - all cases came from the United States with none at the moment from Argentina, Brazil, … [Read more...] about ADHD and Polypharmacy. American Conditions?
Sensory Receptors, Small Fibres and Neuropathy
RxISK began in 2012. One of its main goals was to offer people an opportunity to report problems they had on treatments – any treatment – and generate a report they could take to a doctor in the hope this might get the doctor to take their problem seriously. I had seen my first cases of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) in 2000, had been writing about withdrawal since the … [Read more...] about Sensory Receptors, Small Fibres and Neuropathy
Black Robe, White Coat
Black Robe, White Coat spirals out from Sanctuary Trauma, The Invisible Doctor and Strangers in the Room. Black Robe, a book by Brian Moore, was published in 1985. It centred on a Jesuit (Black Robe) Mission to convert the People of what is now called Quebec in the 1630s. Movie here. An early scene from the movie shows a group of Algonquin watching a clock strike the … [Read more...] about Black Robe, White Coat
Brain Fog: What is it? How to Treat it.
Lots of people complain of cognitive problems on or after taking medications, whether psychotropic drugs, cholesterol lowering statins, asthma drugs like montelukast, or fluoroquinolone antibiotics. They often use the word “Brain Fog” to cover this. Women get Brain Fog in pregnancy that can linger afterwards. People with Long Covid complain of Brain Fog as do the Covid … [Read more...] about Brain Fog: What is it? How to Treat it.
Welcome to Mondor, Frodo
Quarantined Last October one of the key researchers on PSSD noticed a thread on Reddit about sexual dysfunction post vaccine. Apparently the thread has been quarantined and you have to join the Reddit group to access it - this is likely true about a lot of vaccine related threads. Here are two testimonies that appear. These are striking for anyone who has PSSD or PFS or … [Read more...] about Welcome to Mondor, Frodo
New England Journal of Medicine: Baden et al
This post, a twin to the New England Journal of Misinformation post, has been created for its hyperlink. It does however play into the current post about cholecystitis following vaccination - in this case with the Moderna vaccine - which features in Tales of an Unexpected Gallbladder. It also seems to show that NEJM are simply not doing science and are shameless about it. … [Read more...] about New England Journal of Medicine: Baden et al
Tales of an Unexpected Gallbladder
This post was written by Shane Cooke's mother Mary. There have been developments since - see below. I used to really enjoy Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dall when they were first broadcast on television. Each was a complete story with a twist in its tail – usually a most unexpected twist. They seem to be reappearing on some channel or other nowadays, but I’ve only caught … [Read more...] about Tales of an Unexpected Gallbladder
There was a Young Woman who Swallowed a Lie
This post is the partner of The Eclipse of Health Care. See also Warning re Health. Before reading (and after finishing) it's worth listening to Peter Seeger's There was a Young Woman. Mandating Unproven Technologies Governments are considering mandating, or already have mandated an unproven technology, against a background of vaccine approval and pharmacovigilance … [Read more...] about There was a Young Woman who Swallowed a Lie