Drug-taking versus Therapy

In response to the post Champix Kills, But Don’t Tell The Smokers a comment came in from James which raised a number of important points, so I have decided to reproduce it here, along with my response to the points he raised:
JAMES on October 27th, 2009 at 7:11 am Said:
I am in two minds regarding [...]

On a Lighter Note…

This development, I am certain, has nothing whatever to do with the Truth Will Out Campaign, but it is a bit ironic: I’ve just been invited to become an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine!
This is because I am involved - to quote the letter - “in one of the many medical and [...]

Ageism and the Chemical Cosh

Twice before I have mentioned the scandal of people of a certain age who are more frail and confused than they used to be being knocked senseless by GPs with the use of powerful anti-psychotic drugs, and now this scandal is back in the news again.
Deliberate Mis-Prescribing
No-one is suggesting that the job of a GP [...]

Are Medical Authorities Secretly Reading This?

Since the launch of this site in March 2008 I have been urging medical authorities to do something about the madness of ‘internet pharmacies’ from which people can buy prescription medications without any doctors or prescriptions being involved.  Occasionally I had heard people like Dr Chris Steele ( a TV Doctor here in the U.K.) [...]