Tag: prescription drug withdrawal
Peter Groot and Akansha Vaswani: Tapering Strips and Shared Decision-Making
Doctoral candidate Akansha Vaswani interviews researcher and geneticist Dr. Peter Groot, who has led the development of Tapering Strips, a novel and practical method by which people taking certain prescription medications can gradually reduce their dosage.
Announcing an International Symposium and Institute on Psychiatric Drug Risks and...
I have given up on psychiatry as a system capable of âbeing thereâ for people who are dealing with life and death issues. Psychiatry as a system of care lacks validity. Every day â unfortunately â we learn of new examples proving this statement. But here's the good news: every day we meet people who show us that the predictions of psychiatry are not true; that there are âcures,â that it is possible to reduce or withdraw psychiatric drugs.
My 6-year Anniversary Off Psych Drugs: How I Made It Through...
Last week was my anniversary off a huge psych drug cocktail Iâd been on for 20 years. In this video I speak to the inner resources that kept me going. The fact is there is nothing in society to help those who love us to understand what we are going through.
âSurvivors Push for Withdrawal Hotline and Changeâ
âTwo Scots whose lives have been ravaged by prescription drugs are battling for Ârecognition of the devastating withdrawal issues as well as proper support for victims,â...
âBarry Takes Center Stage for World Benzo Day Launchâ
Mad In America contributor and prescription drug addiction reformer Barry Haslam has âtaken his fight to the world stage by helping create an international...