The following tool uses the OpenFDA API to show you data from the top 1000 adverse event reports that have been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Please note that the total displayed at the top of the results is the total number of reactions - not the total number of reports. For| RxISK - Making Medicines Safer for All of Us
Author: Anne-Marie (This story was first posted on davidhealy.org. It has been the most commented on post there. It epitomizes what RxISK.org is all about - one woman getting to grips with a problem she has on treatment.) I have been asked to write this story to raise awareness about a strange side effect of| RxISK - Making Medicines Safer for All of Us
Among the greatest triumphs linked to RxISK was Anne-Marie Kelly's discovery that SSRI antidepressants can cause alcohol misuse. A Hero Anne-Marie's story was first told in Out of My Mind Driven to Drink, which featured here in March 2012. This led to a post on RxISK Driven to Drink. Between them the posts have over| Dr. David Healy
This post is about you who read it, and the ten of us or so who have helped write it, having an impact on the system. Modern healthcare is very disempowering. The arrangement that makes some medicines Prescription-Only began life as a police function and unfortunately many of us consulting a doctor can feel knee-high| RxISK - Making Medicines Safer for All of Us
