Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Ghosts, Goblins, and Serotonin: Boo!

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In an earlier post, I noted that I thought a key opinion leader had contradicted himself across two articles regarding the role of serotonin...
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Friday, October 26, 2007

A Blog on Atypical Antipsychotics? SWEET!

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I have discovered a blog (simply titled Atypical Antipsychotics ) that I believe has some serious potential. It has the following things I...

SSRIs, Anxiety, Kids, Suicide, and Credible Evidence

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I wrote a while ago about Christopher Lane's assertions that social anxiety was overdiagnosed and overtreated, particularly among child...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Invega: Just in the Nick of Time?

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In a Bloomberg report , it was noted that: Johnson & Johnson cut costs as it faces generic competition to its best-selling prescription ...
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Monday, October 15, 2007

Son of Risperdal Beats Seroquel

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Janssen, manufacturer of Invega (son of Risperdal) funded a study comparing Invega, Seroquel, and placebo in the treatment of schizophrenia....
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Friday, October 12, 2007

Best *!&@! Article Ever

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Well, at least the best article on cursing. While I've somehow received a G-rating for this site, I think the politics of cursing are ...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Blumsohn, History, and Fire

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Wow. I noted yesterday in a History (and Future) Lesson that Aubrey Blumsohn posted a list of scientific misconduct related goodies tha...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

A History (And Future) Lesson

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When science, industry, and government collide, the results are often less than pretty. Aubrey Blumsohn gives a glance into several episodes...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

Lilly Updates Label: A Little Too Late

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The good news is that Lilly has updated its warnings for Zyprexa (olanzapine) and Symbyax (olanzapine/fluoxetine combo). Here's a bi...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Shove Your Gifts Where The Sun Don't Shine

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There is great rant posted by Dr. Daniel Carlat, that ends with We don't need gifts from drug reps, nor do we need the biased "educ...

You GO Bill

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One for the ages by Bill Maher on Pharma, junk food, and laziness. Hat Tip: Cary Byrd .

Clinical Trial Registry of WHAT?

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Worried about data being hidden in clinical trials, with negative data regarding a drug's safety and/or efficacy being buried? Worry no...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

The Zyprexa Whitewash

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Furious Seasons has another tidbit from the Zyprexa documents. It involves the terms "diabetes" and "whitewash." You ...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Peer Review Is Mediocre at Best

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Regarding bias in "science" and the utter balderdash that passes for peer-reviewed science, I sometimes feel like a lone voice in...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

Psychiatrist Gives Herpes to Patients

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In a report that slams the FDA for lax oversight on clinical trials is tucked a gem regarding a psychiatrist named Dr. David Linden. Last No...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Zyprexa for Youth: What Marketing Plans?

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As reported on Bloomberg , Pharmalot and Furious Seasons , an FDA official has overruled FDA reviewers to put Zyprexa on track for approva...

Zyprexa for Teen Bipolar

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Zyprexa for teen mania is great, except for the Fat Camp Factor -- from the study abstract : The mean baseline-to-endpoint weight change wa...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Another Key Opinion Leader Contradicts Himself

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It appears that Lindsay DeVane, who called his own continuing medical education article (appearing in CNS Spectrums ) a "commercial p...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Thinking Blogger Award Nominations

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I've been nominated again for a Thinking Blogger award. This meme was floating about a few months ago and has appeared again. Big tha...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Shyness: Pathological or Normal Experience

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SmikeKlineBeecham/GlaxoSmithKline, the psychiatric elites who devised the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and social ...
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