MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'alastair'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294642&cid=t_217017_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FvNGmNUcasjE%2F The story of Alastair Coutts and Bob Eason as they try to save a dying patient in a small wooden hut in the Solomon islands with only basic equipment and a little help from Jesus. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294642 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:18 +0100 4294642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364991&cid=t_217017_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Falastair-campbell-on-mental-health.html Bendy girl, who writes Benefit Scrounging Scum, draws my attention to an odd outburst from Alastair Campbell. Campbell is well known as Tony Blair's PR man and, despite previous differences, is close to Gordon Brown. He has a personal history of alcohol abuse, now under control, and of a severe depressive illness.Whilst the other Alastair was delivering the worst and most dishonest budget in living memory, Alastair Campbell was speaking at an event organised by MIND. One of the other speakers was Henck van Bilsen [who] is a consultant cognitive behaviour therapist who also leads a degree programme in CBT at the University of Hertfordshire. Alaistar Campbell says:[Henck van Bilson] spoke of a 'revolution' taking place in mental health services in Britain. He said the government had taken a... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364991 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:51:00 +0100 2364991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640291&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F21%2Fseroxat-comics-back-by-popular-demand-but-whats-happened-to-pharma-giles%2F So farewell then Pharma Giles… does anone know what has happened to the excellent (and oh so funny) Pharma Giles blog? Was Giles paid off?  Was he threatened?  Why no explanation? Maybe the answer lies over at Pharma Gossip? Anyway, as it seems that Big Pharma doesn’t like being made fun of, here are the Seroxat comics once again! Although the wonderous ego that is JP Garnier has left Glaxo now, I for one will never forget the caring, sensitive man who watched as Glaxo’s share fell by 40% during his leadership. And what about the MHRA investigation that this year found Glaxo had withheld evidence that the controversial drug, Seroxat, increased the likelihood of suicide among teenagers? Way to go, JP… Comic 1 Comic 2 Comic 3 I’m not sure which one I like best ... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640291 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:52:49 +0100 1640291 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399640&cid=t_217017_150_f&fid=36939&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscientific-misconduct.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fits-groundhog-day-for-bullying-by.html It seems that attorneys representing GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in the UK have sent a letter threatening a patient (Bob Fiddaman). Fiddaman writes the "Seroxat (Paxil) Sufferers blog". As a result of the letter, Fiddaman felt intimidated to remove a video he created and posted to his website in February.Here is a link to the Fiddaman Video which is now hosted on U-Tube.As doctors we sell our services and the products of industry under the banner of science. The leadership of our profession has long colluded with industry to silence those who draw attention to dishonest science. Although much criticism of medicine is ill-founded, many critics strike at the core of what we do. Their questions are about science. Many of those critics are our patients. They question the quality, transparency and ho... Scientific Misconduct Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399640 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:08:00 +0100 1399640 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1340641&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F31%2Fgsk-lawyers-target-seroxat-campaigner-bob-fiddaman-see-the-video-they-wanted-banned%2F Well, then… isn’t the internet a wonderful thing. The video that Glaxo thought they’d had taken down can still be seen thanks to the magic of the internet! You can read a full description of the contents of the video here… … but perhaps you just want to go and watch it at Furious Seasons: Glaxo Goes After British Blogger’s Video. Or maybe you prefer to watch it on YouTube… Here’s what Phil Dawdy at Furious Seasons has to say on the matter: I learned yesterday that attorneys representing GlaxoSmithKline in the UK had sent a letter to Bob Fiddaman, who writes the Seroxat Sufferers blog. Seroxat is Paxil’s brand name in the UK. As a result of the letter, Fiddy felt compelled to remove a video he created and posted to his website in Februar... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1340641 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:35:23 +0100 1340641 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335249&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F29%2Fthe-magnificent-alastair-benbow-in-full-flow%2F Seroxat comics once again - given the findings of the MHRA’s investigation into Glaxo they’re quite current once more: Comic 1 Comic 2 Comic 3 I’m not sure which one I like best - it’s maybe a bit unfair to pick on poor Alastair Benbow quite so much because Breckenridge was just as useless when he was interviewed on Panorama. OK - I’m sorry, I’ve had a chance to reconsider that last remark - I take it back. Pick on Benbow as much as you like, he deserves it! You’ll remember that Benbow is the man, who, when asked on television by pharmacology expert Dr Andrew Herxheimer about why GSK had given no warning about the severe reactions from Seroxat despite knowing about it for 5 years… simply replied “Seroxat has provided countless benefits to ma... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335249 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:51:58 +0100 1335249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1217978&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F08%2Fseroxat-increases-suicidal-thinking-its-official-2-alastair-benbow-weighs-in%2F I am getting VERY confused by all this… Just a few days ago, we had this news: WARNINGS of the dangers of suicidal thoughts and behaviour are to be included in the packages of anti-depressants in the UK. Warnings will be carried in the patient information leaflet in the packets from October this year (2008). The direction was issued yesterday (Tuesday 5 February 2008) by the Government’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). So it’s official then - Seroxat/Paxil is linked to suicide. But wait - in a Panorama interview in April 2003, GlaxoSmithKline’s own spokesman, the one and only Alastair Benbow told us (in no uncertain terms): “The evidence, however, is clear, these [Seroxat/Paxil] medicines are not linked with suicide, these medicines... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1217978 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:48:56 +0100 1217978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=797102&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F13%2Fpanorama-interactive-forums%2F The links below will take you to three Panorama interactive web forums that took place after broadcasts of the Seroxat programmes. They’re worth watching to see our good friend Alastair Benbow in full flow defending Seroxat as only he can… you also get to see Charles Medawar, David Healy and Andrew Herxheimer. 14 October 2002 11 May 2003 11 July 2003 (Source: seroxat secrets...) seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=797102 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:00:08 +0100 797102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=758685&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F26%2Fseroxat-comics-reprise%2F When I was young a big part of my summer holiday were the comics I bought. So in the spirit of times past, here are the Seroxat comics yet again: Comic 1 Comic 2 Comic 3 I’m not sure which one I like best - it’s maybe a bit unfair to pick on poor Alastair Benbow quite so much because Breckenridge was just as useless when he was interviewed on Panorama. OK - I’m sorry, I’ve had a chance to reconsider that last remark - I take it back. Pick on Benbow as much as you like, he deserves it! You’ll remember that Benbow is the man, who, when asked on television by pharmacology expert Dr Andrew Herxheimer about why GSK had given no warning about the severe reactions from Seroxat despite knowing about it for 5 years… simply replied “Seroxat has provided countless... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=758685 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:42:01 +0100 758685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=726292&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F10%2Fbenbow-science-not-hype-will-be-the-king-here%2F  Comedy Gold… Dr Alastair Benbow, GSK’s European medical director, weighs in on the Avandia debate with all his authority…. Ali B tells us that “… Avandia’s risks have been overblown: Science, not hype, will be the king here.” He went on “Patients don’t necessarily understand the science behind these figures. You can blame the way it [the 43 per cent excess risk of heart attack] is presented as a big-ticket number when the actual numbers [the increase in risk] were very small.” Good. Fine. That’s clear then Dr Benbow… er, sorry, but what are you actually trying to say here? Read this recent complaint to the General Medical Council about Benbow and see if you think he’s up to his old tricks again, but this time with Avandia This fro... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=726292 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:45:31 +0100 726292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=714755&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F04%2Fglaxosmithkline-you-bastards%2F So says Bob Fiddaman at Seroxat Sufferers. “The gloves are off Glaxo. I have just watched a video of Manie who at only 8 days old had to undergo surgery because the drug YOU manufacture and ‘push’ was prescribed to his mother whilst she was pregnant. Manie had an arterial switch. Because of the surgery Manie has a leaky valve. Manie’s surgery lasted 12 hrs. I want YOU GlaxoSmithKline… in particular Alistair Benbow… to watch this short video clip of Manie after surgery. I want to know if YOU feel any sense of shame at what YOU allowed to happen.” I couldn’t agree more - go here to read the rest of Bob’s post and see the video. (Source: seroxat secrets...) seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=714755 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:39:32 +0100 714755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=713178&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F03%2Fgo-on-talk-to-me%2F Why not? Why not just leave a comment and explain things to me - tell me how I’m wrong about you and your products, about you and the way you market them, about you and the way you harm people, about you and the data you kept hidden, about you and the regulators, about you and your lies. Talk to me - I want to hear your side of the story - I really do. Surely someone from my “visitors’ book” has something to say worth saying [except the Scientologists]: Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois Abbott Laboratories, Gurnee, Illinois Abbott Laboratories, Libertyville, Illinois Accenture, United Kingdom Adpepper.com Allegiance Healthcare, Waukegan, Illinois American Red Cross, National Headquarters, Washington American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, Virgi... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=713178 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:52:46 +0100 713178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707376&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F01%2Falastair-benbow-and-the-general-medical-council-are-the-gmc-protecting-benbow%2F Below you will find a sequence of correspondence between Charles Medawar of Social Audit and the General Medical Council. It seems the GMC does not want to investigate Dr Alastair Benbow, despite what he has said in public, on more than one occasion regarding the safety and side effects of Seroxat “…In short, and in the light of the evidence that has since become publicly available, this man’s statements on television leave the impression that he conceived his primary duty of care to be to his employers, rather than to the many people (including health professionals) likely to have trusted his judgment as a doctor…” Now read on: 1 February 2007 Dear Sirs, I am writing to enquire about the possibilities and appropriate procedures for making a complaint about a regi... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707376 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:50:39 +0100 707376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=577139&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Falastair-benbow-yet-more-questions%2F Matthew Holford has been at it again (does the man ever stop?)… see below for his latest note to those MHRA stalwarts Stephen Fawbert, Jan MacDonald and Sarah Walk: Dear Stephen, Jan and Sarah, Further to my recent enquiries, concerning PILs and the EWG Report, are you able to add in one further item, please? That is, are you able to confirm the date upon which the risk of suicide was first acknowledged/approved by GSK/MHRA on the Seroxat PIL? I am interested in this point, because I note from Stephen’s previous replies that a UK exercise in 2000 identified the issue, and that GPs were advised accordingly, shortly thereafter. However, GSK, in the person of Dr Alistair Benbow, an officer of the Company, was publicly arguing the absence of any risk, at least as recently as 2003. ... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=577139 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:41:39 +0100 577139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571300&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F26%2Falastair-benbow-caught-out%2F My previous post took you to the Panorama interactive forums… thanks to Truthman30 for this comment that set me thinking: Check out the end of this program… It is worth watching purely for Alastair Benbow’s final words which end the discussion in the closing minutes.. When asked by (pharmacology expert) Dr Andrew Herxheimer about why GSK had given no warning about the severe reactions from Seroxat despite knowing about it for 5 years… Benbow replies… (and stumbles with) “Seroxat has provided countless benefit to many people and enabled them to do more, live longer and feel better… and I think that speaks for itself…” And my point is…? Well, what annoys me greatly is that, when asked a direct question about the safety of Seroxat, Benbow’s answer was to ... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571300 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:45:13 +0100 571300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=569956&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F25%2Fpanorama-interactive-forums-watch-here%2F I’ve just been prompted by an email from a friend to post up these links to three Panorama interactive web forums that took place after broadcasts of the Seroxat programmes. They’re worth watching to see our good friend Alastair Benbow in full flow defending Seroxat as only he can… you also get to see Charles Medawar, David Healy and Andrew Herxheimer. 14 October 2002 11 May 2003 13 July 2003 (Source: seroxat secrets...) seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=569956 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:07:33 +0100 569956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=565421&cid=t_217017_140_f&fid=35436&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseroxatsecrets.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F24%2Fseroxat-comic-3%2F Well now, will you look at what just turned up - a new Seroxat comic called “Buying Our Silence”. Quite apt really, given what’s going on in the High Court in London… I wonder what the media would make of this case if it ever did come to court. Just imagine all the damaging detail that would come out - I doubt Glaxo would ever sell another drug again. Panorama is one thing, the High Court is quite another The two links here will take to the first Seroxat comic and the second one… …and this link will take you to a previous post Buying Our Silence, which I might humbly suggest was part of the inspiration for this latest Seroxat comic? Click on the pages to see a full size image and then download and distribute as you like - but remember, I’m sure i... seroxat secrets... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=565421 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:25:12 +0100 565421