- About
- Blogosphere Buzz
- Archived Posts 2007-2008
- Register for Email Alerts
- The Book: Before You Take That Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad For Your Health
- Follow me on twitter @dougbremner
- Subscribe to my podcasts
- Rave Reviews for “The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg: Accutane, the truth that had to be told”
- Follow me on goodreads
Currently viewing the category:
"Antipsychotics"
The Evidence, However, Is Clear: The Seroxat Scandal, by Bob Fiddaman.
Bobby Fiddaman has written an interesting and well written book about his personal experiences taking the antidepressant Seroxat (Paxil, or paroxetine in the US), his struggles with withdrawal, and his work as an advocate raising attention related to the potential [...]
Rebecca Riley is a 4-year-old from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who was found dead at the foot of her parents bed, covered by only a blanket, in 2007. Rebecca had been “diagnosed” with ADHD and bipolar disorder since the age of 2 and treated with Seroquel (quetiapine), Depakote (valproic acid), and clonidine, none of which [...]
Last Thursday I appeared on the TruTV program In Session to talk about the case of the psychotic killer Mark Becker. Becker was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and had several hospitalizations for psychotic and violent behavior, and rarely took his medications when he was out of the hospital.
On June 20, 2009, [...]
The news about the stop smoking drug Chantix just keeps getting worse. When my sister emailed a while back and said she was thinking of taking the drug to get off the weed, I said make sure you have your suicide hotline number handy…
I recently became aware of a psychiatrist from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College in London named Tonmoy Sharma, MD, once a prominent academic psychiatrist in England with multiple papers and books who appeared frequently on the BBC. He made hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside consulting and speaking work for drug companies over [...]
Kudos to Philip Dawdy at the Furious Seasons blog for his original reporting on the litigation behind the antipsychotic drug Seroquel (quetiapine). Thousands of people have brought lawsuits against the maker of Seroquel, Astrazenica, because the drug was pushed off label for the treament of conditions other than schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the [...]
An article from the Jan. 3 2009 issue of The Lancet used a meta analysis to show that so-called first generation antipsychotics (FGAs) and second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are not that much different in terms of efficacy, safety, and side effect profiles. The purported superiority of SGAs for negative symptoms and fewer side effects for SGAs were primarily the results of comparator studies that put them up against high dose haloperidol.
After posting about the increase in psychotropic drug use in children and commenting that doctors should stop giving antipsychotics to children without schizophrenia I got some words of praise from Philip Dawdy at Furious Seasons and some interesting information from Lisa Van Syckel who gave me a list of ages and drugs [...]
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) recently started a TV ad for their drug Abilify (aripiprazole) which has gotten a lot of people in a tizzy prompting me to look closer at this new claim for a psychiatric drug. First of all, I previously gave honorable mention to Abilify as one of the medications with the [...]
Recent Posts
- Bookvisions Blog, Review of Goose That Laid the Golden Review
- Follow the Conversation on What Doctors Don’t Tell You, on Jane Alexander Blog
- Husband of Missing Susan Cox Powell Blows Himself and His Kids Up
- Indie Author Tag Fest
- Dear Doctor, Cipro and Levaquin Might Make Your Tendons Snap Off
- Goose that Laid the Golden Egg Now Top Rated Health Book on Amazon
- Podcast: Don’t Take Away My Asperger’s Diagnosis
- Georgia Medical Schools Take Steps to Stop Flow of Pharmaceutical Money
- Join the Discussion on my Author Q&A Page on Goodreads
- Before You Take That Pill Top 10 Blog Posts for 2011
Recent Comments
- David Medearis on Rebecca Zahau Ties Hands Behind Back, Leaps off Balcony, Hangs Self: Yeah, right.
- CIPRO IS POISON on Dear Doctor, Cipro and Levaquin Might Make Your Tendons Snap Off
- LW on Effects of Zoloft on Childhood Anxiety Incredible, Indeed
- Francine Howarth Author on Indie Author Tag Fest
- Vincent on New Questionable Diagnoses on the Horizon from the DSM-5 Committee
Categories
- academic freedom
- Acne
- ADHD
- Alternative Medicine
- Antibiotics
- Antihypertensives
- Antipsychotics
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Bipolar Disorder
- Book Reviews
- BPH
- cancer
- Chamber of Horrors
- Childhood mental disorders
- Cholesterol
- CNN, TrueTV, & YouTube
- Continuing Medical Education
- Dementia
- Diabetes
- Diet Pills
- Doctors
- Drug & Alcohol Abuse
- DSM Shadow Team
- Healthcare Politics
- Heart Disease
- Hormone Replacement
- Medications in Children
- Osteoporosis
- pharmaceutical industry
- Podcasts by Doug Bremner MD
- Psychiatry
- PTSD
- Quackery
- Screening & Prevention
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Side Effects
- Social Networking
- Statins
- Substance Abuse
- Supplements
- True Crime
- Uncategorized
- Vaccines
- Video segments of Doug Bremner
- Vitamins
- Women's health
Media Blogs
Archives
