Archive for March, 2014
- Biochemical Mapping Helps Explain Who Will Respond to Antidepressants
Chemical changes are measured as people become less depressed yet the article shows no proof that antidepressants caused the changes. Where is the double blind study?
- Big Pharma Mobilizing Patients in Battle Over Drug Trials Data
Some drug companies gearing up to fight against transparency.
- More Challenges to Drug ‘Research’
“EARLIER this month, Dr. Doshi opened what he hopes will be a new chapter in his quest for greater understanding of clinical trials. He and several other researchers published what amounted to an ultimatum to drug companies: publish your data, or we’ll do it for you. ”
- More Than 1 in 10 Take Antidepressants
11% over the age of 12 take antidepressants. The rate of depression has doubled in the last 15 years – antidepressant use up 400% since the late 1980′s. Is there a connection between SSRI use and chronic depression? This article from an associate professor of psychiatry does not address that. Instead they make the case that social ills and lifestyle problems have occurred at the same time as the availability and heavy marketing of SSRI’s. (Editor)
- Ingestion Sensors Track Psychiatric Medication Adherence
The future of psychiatry and voodoo medicine if given a chance? Embedded sensors are the latest money making scheme being conceived.
- Antidepressants and School Shootings: Doctors Write Prescriptions for Murder
Excerpt: ‘Harvard psychologist Dr. Joseph Glenmullen discussing SSRIs said: “We don’t know what these drugs are doing to real life human beings. When you look at all the documents, you see a pattern of misleading doctors who then unwittingly mislead patients. This is a betrayal of the public trust in physicians behind the scenes by the drug industry and it must stop.”’
Visit this site also for links to “Holistic, non-toxic approaches to mood enhancement “
- What Doctors Don’t Know About the Drugs They Prescribe
Perhaps the most engaging lecturer in medicine, Dr. Ben Goldacre opens up about pharmaceutical malfeasance and how it creates Doctor’s who do not have the knowledge to make informed decisions. I drove 40 miles to hear and pay for a similar lecture. Here it is available for all and well worth it as he gets right to the relevant points and supports them profoundly. The TEDMED website is also quite interesting. (Editor)
- Is Big Pharma Addicted to Fraud?
Can they treat this behavioral disorder (addiction to fraud) with a drug? The insignificant fines paid are just the cost of doing business. (Editor)
- Drugs and Doctors: Little Clinic Says No To Big Pharma
Slow news week but interesting tidbit- Doctors at a small clinic take a principled approach to drug pushers. Also some good information overall about how drugs,expensive, even harmful ones, are marketed, by health reporter Markian Hawryluk.
- It’s Easier to Simply Believe
This is the issue most ignored perhaps because the implications are the most profound. SSRI’s may be the missing link explaining all these weird violent episodes that society never experienced to this degree in the past. An intelligent discussion which begs answers and more serious consideration. (Editor)