Accutane and Violence Doug Bremner August 27, 2018 Accutane, Depression, Psychiatry, Psychosis I have been tapped once again as an expert in the ongoing saga of Accutane and psychiatric side effects, this case involving a 15-year-old boy who committed homicide in Colorado after he became psychotic while...
New Book Release: Guiding Clients in Recovery from Psychological Trauma Doug Bremner February 21, 2018 Childhood Abuse, Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology, Suicide, Trauma Most mental health clients have a history of significant psychological past from their childhood or adult lives. Clients can be given a tool set and a road map for their recovery from psychological trauma that...
‘The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg’ Now on audiobook Doug Bremner September 18, 2016 Accutane, Depression, Film, Pharmaceutical Industry, Posts in English, Psychology, Suicide The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg: Accutane, the truth that had to be told, the best-selling narrative nonfiction book by Doug Bremner MD that is soon to be made into a film, is now available on audiobook...
Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Doug Bremner August 11, 2016 Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry The fluoroquinolone antibiotics, which include drugs like Cipro, were first introduced in the 1980s. They inhibit DNA gyrase, an enzyme needed for bacterial DNA replication and therefore bacterial cell...
Accutane and Suicide and Depression Doug Bremner August 4, 2016 Depression Rather than admit that one of their silver bullets, Accutane (isotretinoin), which was a "goose laying the golden egg" for F. Hoffmann-La Roche Pharmaceuticals (and their various "Roche" associates world-wide)...
Time to Die! (Oops! I Mean Time to Quit!) Doug Bremner August 2, 2016 Depression, Pharmaceutical Industry, Psychology I was sitting in my car dealership today waiting to get service on my car and working on my laptop while the television was droning on in front of me. I mean this is one of the rare times when I watch TV...
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...
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...