Remembering Woody today. 🦋❤️ He lived. He loved. He was here. Check out my Substack to get a glimpse into his life and impact he left on his family and friends. open.substack.com/pub/acceptable…

Shelly's story from Ohio reflects the adverse experiences of millions worldwide: “Having an academic degree in the healthcare field and a previous career in the profession, I made sure to ask him about possible side effects,” Shelly said. “He casually described the medication as

Join us in raising awareness about the serious side effects and adverse reactions caused by prescribed medications. The Prescribed Harm community is undeniably large - and sadly, growing every day. By dedicating a day to awareness, we hope to spark important conversations about

Tylenol (a/k/a Acetaminophen, or Paracetamol in the UK) is actually a weak SSRI – and has been linked to similar birth defects. @samizdathealth’s review begins by asking: Does it even work for pain or fever? And if so, how? rxisk.org/pregnancy-acet…

To mark International Informed Consent Day on 30 June 2025, Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia has highlighted 10 common gaps that are often overlooked in conversations when antidepressants are prescribed. #InformedConsent #antidepressants Video Link: buff.ly/oOyTyrU

Bauer Power and Informed Consent: A key question for those of us going to the doctor these days is likely to be, why do you not believe me?davidhealy.org/bauer-power-an…

'Studying what happens to people after just eight to 12 weeks on antidepressants is like testing car safety by crashing a vehicle into a wall at 5km/h – ignoring the fact that real drivers are out on the roads doing 60km/h' theconversation.com/antidepressant…

Excellent NPR segment on antidepressant withdrawal. So good to see patients raising awareness by telling their stories. npr.org/sections/shots…

First new drug in 20 years for PTSD? Not exactly. This isn’t a groundbreaking new treatment. It’s a combination of two existing, heavily marketed drugs Zoloft and Rexulti repackaged and rebranded as innovation. Of course it will be $$$$. This Friday, the U.S. FDA

Fascinating to watch the FDA panel on SSRIs and pregnancy this morning. Dr. Josef 🇺🇸 & RxISK & Dr. Roger McFillin & Dr Joanna Moncrieff brought sanity to an insane conversation. I was most fascinated by the defensiveness of the woman doc & her counterpoints.

Expert panel on SSRI antidepressants in pregnancy today at US FDA, hosted by Dr. Marty Makary dealt with effects on mothers and infants. @samizdathealth of RxISK testifies starting at 26:40: youtube.com/live/2Nha1Zh63…

If serotonin plays a crucial role in fetal development (which it does) & if SSRIs disrupt the serotonin system (which they do) then the SSRIs must alter fetal development - and the public should be warned. This point was not disputed at yesterday's panel.

RxISK Dr. Marty Makary @samizdathealth ‘In 2009 in a legal case, a jury returned a verdict that Paxil had caused birth defects. This cost GSK over a billion dollars’, said @samizdathealth. Why are we still debating the need to warn 15+ years later?

The media coverage of the FDA SSRI/pregnancy meeting has had inaccuracies. One article claimed I spread misinformation by noting "SSRIs' link to autism." This isn't misinformation. Many animal & human studies have shown this. Fig 1 (below) is from a 2024 article in BMC

💊The antidepressant trial that misled a generation of teens For years, doctors relied on the 'TADS' trial to prescribe antidepressants to teens. Now, a reanalysis reveals serious harms that were never disclosed.

SSRI’s in pregnancy- treating disease or distress? davidhealy.org/theres-somethi…

SSRI antidepressants are chemically altering fetal development. Pregnant women & the public deserve to be warned about this. Almost none of the media coverage of the recent FDA meeting discussed chemicals or chemical impacts on mom & baby. neurosciencenews.com/ssri-neurodeve…

"After cycling through a dizzying array of psychiatric medications, Scott Griffin found himself with the barrel of a gun in his mouth in November." wsj.com/health/healthc…

Most media coverage of that FDA panel on Antidepressants in Pregnancy did not mention the speaker who actually treats pregnant women: Adam Urato, MD Here’s Dr. Urato’s testimony. Read it for yourself: rxisk.org/antidepressant…