"It's not about what they tell you, it's about what they don't."
~ Bob Fiddaman, Author, Blogger, Researcher, Recipient of two Human Rights awards
Researching drug company and regulatory malfeasance for over 16 years
Humanist, humorist
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Street Drug Charities Open Doors to Antidepressant Withdrawal Victims
BBC News: 12 March 2020
The mental health charity Mind says it is signposting people to street drug charities to help them withdraw from antidepressants because of the lack of alternatives available. Those affected can experience debilitating symptoms.
Notes of a meeting held at MHRA on 2 September 2008
Bob Fiddaman said he would like to discuss problems of withdrawing from Seroxat. He said that though his concerns centred around Seroxat, he recognised that other SSRIs posed similar problems which ought also to be addressed.
Patient perspectives on informed drug prescribing 24 November 2004
~ Charles Medawar
The first thing that didn’t happen was any meeting to discuss the issues with the UK regulators. For six years, they refused to meet – and this explains why ‘The Antidepressant Web’(ADWEB) displays facsimile copies of the several hundred letters we exchanged.
Click on all three links. Pay attention to the years.
Nothing more to say.
Sincerely,
Bob Fiddaman ~ The "Pill-Shaming Activist"
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