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Tag Archives: medication
The strange powers of placebo effect – TheProfessorFunk
“Placebo effect” is often dismissed as just a fake pill, yet most fancy expensive drug trials often struggle to show that medicines are better than placebo – even when half the unfavourable data is kept out of sight. In North … Continue reading
Posted in Healing, Ideas
Tagged chemical imbalance, Health, medication, Medicine, Placebo
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the combo – psychiatric soup
[…continued from Reducing the pool of normal] The Big Book of Woe, soup-in-a-can, psychiatrists as car mechanics and dreaming of white lavender scented sheets… DSM and inclusion For all the fuss, at least DSM5 is, unlike its predecessors, inclusive – since its … Continue reading
less c, more t
Here’s a simple notion that I think, comes from Dr Daniel Seigel: certainly I’ve heard him speak of “switch out the c“. Now, its likely not going to be easy – you probably won’t just stop meds one day and … Continue reading
Drug sales reps skip the side effects – D’oh!
An article in Globe and Mail, Wed 10 Apr, reporting the results of a survey of Doctors in three countries including Canada that reveals just how much drug company reps skip out information about side effects when telling your doctor about … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, medication madness
Tagged David Healy, drug rep, medication, mental health, Psychiatric medication, side effects
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side effects
Medications are chemicals and have effects when we take them . Some of those effects – the “therapeutic” effects – are the reason your Doctor may suggest or recommend you take them. But all medications have other effects too – … Continue reading
Posted in medication madness, The Mad Ones
Tagged Anxiety, medication, mental health, side effects
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battling bad science – ben goldacre
Ben Goldacre on the tricks and trickery employed by those peddling their “cures” on us – from fake credentials that your cat have for $60; to elaborate and multimillion dollar schemes pharmaceutical companies deply to run trials to get exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, medication madness
Tagged Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, medication, TED
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