News You Won’t Find in the NY Times Doug Bremner July 31, 2016 Accutane, Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry, Posts in English, Psychology, Suicide Here's a forgotten chapter from pharmaceutical history. The acne drug, Accutane (isotretinoin), manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals, in addition to being associated with (as I wrote in prior posts) suicide,...
Can You Please Put Some Sugar on This Crap? Doug Bremner July 30, 2016 Accutane, Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry, Psychology I was reading the NY Times this weekend when I saw a story about a celebrity dermatologist who had a SWAT team descend on her office and arrest her for illegal use of narcotics (Percocet). Seems she had...
I’m Still Not Getting Flu Shots Doug Bremner July 28, 2016 Vaccines Oops! I forgot, my employer, Emory University, actually requires me to get a flu shot. So I guess that's not really true. In 2008 I was asked to give a talk at Emory Hospital on "Why I'm Not Getting a Flu...
Podcast: Controversies Over Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome Doug Bremner July 27, 2016 Uncategorized ...
Accutane Made Me Do It Doug Bremner July 27, 2016 Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry 1 Comment I was interviewed this morning by WLS-TV in Chicago about the case of a man who admitted to killing his dermatologist, claiming that the acne medication Accutane made him do it. I referred to our...
If They Don’t Kill Us They Will Drive Us Crazy Doug Bremner July 25, 2016 Antidepressants, Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry, Psychology 1 Comment Merck joins the rosters of pharmaceutical companies like Hoffmann La Roche that make drugs that, if they don't kill you, at least will drive you crazy. Roche has specialized for years in making drugs with...
Psychiatric Side Effects of Levaquin Doug Bremner July 4, 2016 Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry Fluoroquinolones, including Levaquin, Ciprofloxacin, and Avelox, are a class of antibiotics used to treat a range of infections. These drugs have a range of unfortunate possible side effects, including the...
VIDEO: Watch Me Talk About the Pharmaceutical Industry and Our Upcoming Film Doug Bremner July 4, 2016 Antidepressants, Depression, Film, Pharmaceutical Industry ...
Do Antidepressants Make You Suicidal? Doug Bremner July 3, 2016 Antidepressants, Pharmaceutical Industry, Psychology During my residency days Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) like fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem), paroxetine (Paxil), fluvoxamine (Luvox), citalopram (Celexa), and sertraline (Zoloft), were pushed as...