What Doctors Don't Tell YouProzac is the drug we like to give to our problem children, even if it does make them suicidal. Not that the drug authorities are taking the dangers lightly - the American drugs regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has sprung into...
Accutane (generic name: isotretinoin; also sold as Rocaccutane) is medicine’s biggest gun in the war on acne. A prescription acne medication derived from vitamin A, it’s been distributed by Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceuticals since its approval in...
Lustral (sertraline), or Zoloft, as it’s sold in the US, is back in the news, but for all the wrong reasons. It is among the ‘gang of eight’ antidepressants named by the Food and Drug Administration,
The pharmaceutical industry has never quite got it right with mother’s little helpers. The first sleeping pills were barbiturates - and highly addictive. These hypnotics were then replaced by the extraordinarily successful benzodiazepines, such as...
My sister has been treated for over five years at hospital for breast cancer. However, early last year, I asked if a doctor from our surgery would call as she felt unwell when she woke up (although she did improve during the day).
American Institute for Preventive MedicineA lot of people think about suicide or say things like, "I wish I was dead" at times of great stress. For most people these thoughts are a way to express anger, frustration, and other strong emotions. They may not, in and of themselves be a sign of...
