The so-called ‘atypical antipsychotic drugs’ have been hailed as a pharmaceutical breakthrough and have, by now, largely replaced the old guard of neuroleptics. However, a recent overview of these modern medicines questions the claim that this new...
Several years ago, the warning flag went up for the antipsychotic drug thioridazine, marketed as Melleril. Both the UK and US drug regulatory authorities warned that the drug could cause sudden death
If you or a family member is diagnosed with schizophrenia, here is what researchers like Dr Werbach recommend (remember to work only with an experienced nutritional doctor): ... ...
Fasting is the voluntary abstention from food for a period, which can range from 12 hours to 90 days or more. Most therapeutic fasts are, however, usually for between three to seven days. Liquid ...
The maverick practice of off-label prescribing - giving drugs for unapproved conditions/patients - is once again in the limelight. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning against using ‘atypical antipsychotics’ to treat...
Schizophrenia is now widely believed to be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, and powerful psychoactive drugs are used to control it.
I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
Allergy can make you irritable, overactive and restless, but more often it causes you to feel tired, lethargic, sluggish and drowsy. It can cause you to suffer from "brain fag", characterized by ...
Pharmaceutical company Sandoz has come up with a means of controlling the distribution and monitoring of an anti-psychotic drug. Under this system, called 'bundling', drug distribution and
On the back wards, where the sun doesn’t shine, time is measured in the burning of a cigarette. Behind a two-inch-thick steel door and diagnosed with schizophrenia,
What Doctors Don't Tell You