[Magdalen] Drug research.

[Jay Weigel]

Here in the U.S., only M.D.s may prescribe psychoactive drugs.
Unfortunately, Drug companies have put big bucks into advertising ("Ask
your doctor if this medication is right for YOU!" blares the TV) and this,
plus loose regulations on which doctors may prescribe such, can lead to
some awful messes. IMNSHO, no doctor should be allowed to prescribe such
medications who has not taken an intensive course in psychopharmacology,
passed an exam with a sufficiently high score and been certified.
Furthermore, also IMNSHO, prescription drug advertising should be outlawed.
It is coercive and leads to patients who are poorly informed pestering
their doctors for medications which may not be in their best interests and
are generally very high-priced.

Stepping off my soapbox,
Jay

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 12:54 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For me this is an interesting and helpful thread, aside from the personal
> rebukes.
>
> As a psychologist who does not prescibe but has to work with medicated
> patients, I feel confused at the moment regarding best practice in mental
> health. There has been so much manipulation and outright corruption in
> mental health, and the (thinking, reading) public is also confused
> especially regarding children. Meanwhile MH problems in the elderly often
> go undiagnosed or treate.
>
> I seldom advise anyone to consult a psychiatrist any more but these days
> most of my patients are hospitalised in a general hospital, and the
> physicians - you would call them internists - often prescribe calming,
> sleeping and antidepressant medication.
>
> Serenase for those who make too much noise or try to get out of bed against
> medical advice and their own safety!!
>
>
>
> Sally D
>
> On Sunday, 28 August 2016, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I just saw it. I do not always look at my email as often as I ought, I
> > suppose.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Marion Thompson <
> > marionwhitevale at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know why some of these posts are sent at all, but this one,
> fully
> > > 24 hrs after the start of the thread, seems  gratuitous and  quite
> > > unnecessary.
> > >
> > > Marion, a pilgrim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/27/2016 4:09 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> > >
> > >> Pot calling the kettle black?
> > >>
> > >> You know what you were doing.
> > >>
> > >> On Aug 26, 2016 3:43 PM, "Allan Carr" <allanc25 at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> I wanted to give the group more information about thorazine, not
> > nitpick
> > >> you. You really need to get over yourself.
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> >
>