Links in “Easy Reading”
- Is Your doctor A Drug Pusher?
Common sense rears its ugly head as Big Pharma puffs up.
- Medicating Our Troops Into Oblivion”: Prescription Drugs Said To Be Endangering U.S. Soldiers
Posted 4/19/2014 International Business Times by Jamie Reno
- Why Big Pharma Is Bad For Your Health
Case histories, research methodology seriously flawed.
- 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)
- A New Fast Acting Antidepressant (not ketamine)
- 70 Million Americans on Mind Altering Drugs
One man’s easy read, common sense summary of America’s drug problem. Comprehensive and thought provoking.
- 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.
- When did life become a medical problem?
- The New Psychiatry: Forget Everything You Think You Know About Mental Health
Healthy alternatives to dubious drug therapies discussed.
- 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)