Shag Rock (Rapanui) at Sumner Christchurch February 2008 Bob Eregli, from Christchurch Library A floodtide of extraordinarily heated opinion pieces has recently swept in and swirled around treasured landmarks in the healthcare landscape – much the way Spring Tides once swept around Shag Rock at the entrance to Christchurch Harbor in New Zealand on which| RxISK - Making Medicines Safer for All of Us
A recording of the full FDA Panel on SSRIs and Pregnancy is linked to the last post here. There has been extensive media coverage of this event - and 18 takes on what reporters heard can be found linked to Unsafe Safety Systems on RxISK. Roger McFillin was on thin ice, at the recent FDA| Dr. David Healy
Following a media feeding frenzy in the wake of an FDA Panel on SSRIs in Pregnancy - see Unsafe Safety Systems - another feeding frenzy erupted with an HHS (Health and Human Services ) statement that it was reviewing the use of Tylenol in Pregnancy and possible links to Autism. This post engages with both| Dr. David Healy
This post needs reading in conjunction with - ideally just before - reading Partnerships in Healthcare on dh.org. Over several decades, most people I know, have, along with me, seen Gary Schwitzer, who runs a Health News Review Substack, as the best reviewer of lay and academic media accounts of health issues. Among Gary's great| RxISK - Making Medicines Safer for All of Us