Informed Consent Matters
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Antidepressants can cause severe harms for some - akathisia, suicidal urges, dependence, PSSD. I nearly lost my son to an adverse reaction.
I'm trying to understand why informed consent so often doesn't happen, and how this can change.
I'm trying to understand why informed consent so often doesn't happen, and how this can change.
I think that’s the problem. Pharmaceutical products are sold as doing only good. Asking questions is socially proscribed.
I think this weakens the argument for benefit.
The public can deal with nuance.
I think this weakens the argument for benefit.
The public can deal with nuance.
September 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I think that’s the problem. Pharmaceutical products are sold as doing only good. Asking questions is socially proscribed.
I think this weakens the argument for benefit.
The public can deal with nuance.
I think this weakens the argument for benefit.
The public can deal with nuance.
No, I’m not ‘anti-vax’.
September 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
No, I’m not ‘anti-vax’.
Denying any nuance weakens your argument.
To argue for the pros outweighing the cons, you have to discuss them both or people will think you’re hiding something.
To argue for the pros outweighing the cons, you have to discuss them both or people will think you’re hiding something.
September 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Denying any nuance weakens your argument.
To argue for the pros outweighing the cons, you have to discuss them both or people will think you’re hiding something.
To argue for the pros outweighing the cons, you have to discuss them both or people will think you’re hiding something.
Sanitation? Nutrition? Public health?
I’m not anti medicine, but you need to acknowledge that it was only part of a broader improvement in living standards.
You fail the fight for democracy if you use misinformation too.
I’m not anti medicine, but you need to acknowledge that it was only part of a broader improvement in living standards.
You fail the fight for democracy if you use misinformation too.
September 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Sanitation? Nutrition? Public health?
I’m not anti medicine, but you need to acknowledge that it was only part of a broader improvement in living standards.
You fail the fight for democracy if you use misinformation too.
I’m not anti medicine, but you need to acknowledge that it was only part of a broader improvement in living standards.
You fail the fight for democracy if you use misinformation too.
Why didn’t you question him about Norway’s intentions regarding future fossil fuel exploration and extraction?
September 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Why didn’t you question him about Norway’s intentions regarding future fossil fuel exploration and extraction?
Informed patients are safer patients.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Informed patients are safer patients.
It’s the same for patients who experience treatment-related injuries. They are routinely denied, ghosted and given misdiagnoses (always psychiatric disorders, which means they will never be taken seriously in the future).
August 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It’s the same for patients who experience treatment-related injuries. They are routinely denied, ghosted and given misdiagnoses (always psychiatric disorders, which means they will never be taken seriously in the future).
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This study demonstrates a promising approach to screen for PIP at a population level by applying coding to a large database of health administrative data.
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Want to help tackle Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP)?
Find helpful deprescribing.org resources here:
buff.ly/PoE6sPh
August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This study demonstrates a promising approach to screen for PIP at a population level by applying coding to a large database of health administrative data.
Want to help tackle Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP)?
Find helpful deprescribing.org resources here:
buff.ly/PoE6sPh
Want to help tackle Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP)?
Find helpful deprescribing.org resources here:
buff.ly/PoE6sPh