Dear Doctor, Cipro, Avelox and Levaquin Can Make Your Tendons Snap Off Doug Bremner Uncategorized August 4, 2016That’s a translation into person speak from a letter I got today from Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals that started out with...
Don’t Count on the Government to Save You From Dangerous Drugs Doug Bremner Pharmaceutical Industry August 2, 2016A report by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) outside advisory panel released last Friday stated that the FDA is...
Time to Die! (Oops! I Mean Time to Quit!) Doug Bremner Depression August 2, 2016I was sitting in my car dealership today waiting to get service on my car and working on my laptop...
News You Won’t Find in the NY Times Doug Bremner Accutane July 31, 2016Here’s a forgotten chapter from pharmaceutical history. The acne drug, Accutane (isotretinoin), manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals, in addition to being...
Can You Please Put Some Sugar on This Crap? Doug Bremner Accutane July 30, 2016I was reading the NY Times this weekend when I saw a story about a celebrity dermatologist who had a...
I’m Still Not Getting Flu Shots Doug Bremner Vaccines July 28, 2016Oops! I forgot, my employer, Emory University, actually requires me to get a flu shot. So I guess that’s not...
Accutane Made Me Do It Doug Bremner Depression July 27, 2016[repost from the original post on beforeyoutakethatpill.com on October 3, 2007] I was interviewed this morning by WLS-TV in...
If They Don’t Kill Us They Will Drive Us Crazy Doug Bremner Antidepressants July 25, 2016Merck joins the rosters of pharmaceutical companies like Hoffmann La Roche that make drugs that, if they don’t kill you,...
Psychiatric Side Effects of Levaquin Doug Bremner Depression July 4, 2016Fluoroquinolones, including Levaquin, Ciprofloxacin, and Avelox, are a class of antibiotics used to treat a range of infections. These drugs...