Tag: pharma

Just for fun: disturbing stats on BIG PHARMA

Source: Online Colleges and Universities

A Schizophrenia Mystery Solved? by Robert Whitaker

One of the enduring mysteries in schizophrenia research circles has been the disparity in outcomes between schizophrenia patients in "developing countries" and those in "developed" countries. The mystery arose in 1979 when World Health Organization investigators announced that, in a five-year study, patients in developing countries had fared better than those in the United States... Continue Reading →

Beyond Meds and Beyond the Dosies

Spit, Bristle and Fury posted commentary on the Dosie's and the post I published about them yesterday: Gianna Kali’s always informative and often pharma-critical blog, Beyond Meds was up for a Dosie — a new award “created to find the best examples of social media in pharma and healthcare.” Out of the 550 nominees, not surprisingly,... Continue Reading →

In Medicine, The Power of No vs Psychiatry’s Massive Over-treatment

Published with the permission of Vera Sharav of AHRP. She sends out an email with these informative articles on a regular basis. I'm sorry about the strange formatting. Often have trouble when transfering from an email. And I did all sorts of stuff to try to get it straight too. The article: New York Times... Continue Reading →

Are we suffering from medication madness? By Doug Bremner

The following was first published on Dear Thyroid™ a patients advocacy website for people with thyroid issues. Doug Bremner gave me permission to re-publish. _______________________________________________ It seems like the healthcare system in America has gone completely bananas. It looks like the effort to “fix” the system through healthcare reform is making things worse. I’m going... Continue Reading →

Doug Bremner on Fox News about docs who are paid by pharma

For video click here. This is an excerpt from the accompanying text: Emory's Dr. Bremner said he thought paying doctors to speak for drug makers was a bad idea. Bremner said he used to do it, until he got a wakeup call about six years ago. "I was going out to give a talk and... Continue Reading →

Links for Friday

The last few days online: Lilly settles with Mississippi: $18.5 million -- as Furious Seasons says, "That brings Lilly's total settlements to date to around $2.8 billion and there's still more to go." Zyprexa is a deadly drug. ~ Lilly: "Execute the *%#&*! out of them" The Carlat Psychiatry Blog --A new paper, written by... Continue Reading →

Friday round-up

Links from the last few days: Glaxo, Diet Drug Maker, to Pay for Film on Eating - NYTimes.com -- GlaxoSmithKline is getting into the movie business, pursuing an unusual and most likely controversial strategy to increase interest in a weight-loss drug. Glaxo, the pharmaceutical giant behind Alli, an over-the-counter weight-loss product, has decided that a good... Continue Reading →

The loss of client agency into the psychopharmaceutical–industrial complex

How consumers of psychiatry get hooked for life. A brief synopsis from The free library: The psychopharmaceutical industrial complex (PPIC) and its adherence to the disease model pervades mainstream culture and greatly impacts psychotherapy. Consequently, the effects of the PPIC may have resulted in some psychiatric consumers adopting disease-model messages in ways similar to cult... Continue Reading →

The latest from Bonkers

From Mr. Bonkers himself: Check out the newest addition to the Marvelous Mental Medicine Show, an "educational" poster for kids produced by Janssen, maker of the ADHD drug Concerta. The poster is Swedish but we've provided an English translation. Yes the poster is authentic, and yes our translation is accurate. You won't believe this incredible... Continue Reading →

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