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Free resources to help you weigh the benefits of a drug against its side effects.
Joined March 2011
RT @MISSDFoundation: 12 years ago today, Natalie died a Zoloft-induced death. Like most #akathisia deaths, the symptoms were missed, misdia…
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What's in a label? SSRI Patient information leaflets should tell us all about a drugs hazards like sexual dysfunction and agitation but they don't. Patients & families need to be informed of risks when starting and stopping meds
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RT @joannamoncrieff: 'My sexuality used to define who I was; it shaped my personality, it influenced how I expressed myself... Without it…
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RT @MedicatingNorm1: "Dr Simon Opher, the Labour MP for Stroud and a leading GP, said doctors needed to fight against 'getting the prescrip…
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"Life just feels grey. It's, like, castrated my emotions … I stopped going out with my mates, stopped playing football and started having all these issues." If he’d known the risks, this man says, he would never have taken #finasteride for hair loss.
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The folks at Canada's @Drug_Evidence advise AGAINST using certain meds including SSRI's in folks with substance use disorders. They'll explain why in this webinar Weds. 1/29 at noon Pacific, 3 pm Eastern:
🚨 Jan 29 TI #BestEvidence Webinar Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for pts with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊⚠️ Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood @UBCmedicine Register: MainPro+ #meded #ptsafety #SubstanceUseDisorder
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RT @DrDavidHealy: In wake of coroner's report on Thomas Kingston, another woman reports becoming suicidal on same/similar meds. Her compl…
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RT @joannamoncrieff: Study of college students reveals 'healthcare providers play an important role in the dissemination of the chemical im…
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RT @PharmAlicia: @DrMcFillin I’ve started a petition to get drug companies to update their Consumer Medicines Information (CMI) and Product…
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"The @RCGP can help reduce the risk of suicide with SSRI's." Open letter from a retired British GP -- via @bmj_latest
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RT @recover2renew: New @bmj_latest RR by @DrDavidHealy "A recent paper looking at the knowledge of & comfort levels of family doctors when…
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RT @DrDavidHealy: It matters what patients hear from their family doctors. British GPs can make life better for their patients – by fixing…
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RT @christophlane: With the “chemical imbalance” theory of depression in tatters, who is responsible for spreading the false scientific inf…
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Leading UK physicians now seek to blame patients for ... believing what their doctors told them, and taking their pills as prescribed. @ClareGerada @rcgp and other GPs need to give accurate info on AD risks
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Joshua Asprey, 19. Edward Mallen, 18. Emma Bray, 25. Samuel Morgan, 25. Thomas Kingston’s suicide while on SSRI antidepressants is just the latest of 40 cases where a coroner’s report mentioned inadequate attention to the risks of these meds.
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RT @joannamoncrieff: Highlights of my upcoming book in today's Daily Mail. How the serotonin myth was recruited to sell antidepressants by…
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RT @Phuxlea: @DrDavidHealy @RxISK @rcgp @KamilaRCGP I was on the same drugs as him, and in my first few weeks, I had major suicidal and vio…
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RT @DrDavidHealy: The Royal College of General Practitioners has been asked to take action. If you are a GP -- or if you have one -- urge…
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