“Pep, zing, oomph, ker-ching. CoQ10.” March 15 2008. Sample quote: “Because they cannot find new treatments for diseases we already have, they invent new diseases for treatments they already have. Favourites include social anxiety disorder (SSRIs) and female sexual dysfunction (Viagra): problems, in a very real sense, but not necessarily the stuff of pills.”
“All bow before the might of the placebo effect, it is the coolest strangest thing in medicine” March 1 2008, about antidepressants, amongst other things.
“A quick fix would stop drug firms bending the truth” February 26 2008, critical of clinical trials of SSRIs, and regulation of the pharmaceutical industry in general.
“Washing the numbers, selling the model” January 26 2008, again about clinical trials of SSRIs.
“More than molecules – how pill pushers and the media medicalise social problems”, an audio lecture from January 2 2008