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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories, just a little before nine, that you need to know with your morning coffee.
1. #MALAYSIA Malaysian police have searched the homes of a missing airliner’s two pilots, and are examining the captain’s home flight simulator – but have warned against ‘jumping to conclusions’. Flight MH370 is still missing after vanishing over a week ago.
2. #CRIMEA Voters are taking to the polls in Crimea to decide whether the country should break away from Ukraine. Ukraine’s new government and most of the international community – except Russia – say they will not recognise the vote.
3. #CONTROVERSY Taoiseach Enda Kenny is due to attend St Patrick’s events in Boston today, as controversy continues over a ban on LGBT groups marching in the city’s parade. The mayor, Marty Walsh, said he won’t march unless the ban is lifted. Walsh and Kenny will meet at a breakfast event today.
4. #SPENDING Irish Water spent almost €600,000 on a consultant report on how to install water meters in apartments, the Sunday Times says. The consultants carried out pilot studies, research, field surveys and technology trials.
5. #EXAMS There was a mistake in last year’s Junior Cert science paper, with an incorrect photograph being used in the Physics section. A number of complaints have been made about the error to the Department of Education.
6. #HEALTH WARNING The deaths of 19 people in the past two years were associated with stroke-preventing drugs Xarelto and Pradaza, the Sunday Business Post alleges today. The news comes following a warning about poor prescribing of both drugs. Doctors say people should not stop taking the drugs, and should talk to their GPs.
7. #SHOOTINGS A young girl was ‘thrown to safety’ by her mother after a man entered their home with a firearm last night, the Irish Mail reports. A woman was shot dead and her daughter injured during the shooting in Tallaght.
8. #TALKS Economist Morgan Kelly has accepted an invitation from Finance Minister Michael Noonan to discuss with the Central Bank his views on the threat Ireland’s small businesses face from the ECB bank stress tests, the Sunday Independent reports.
9. #TAKE A DIP Labour senator Ivana Bacik has become the first woman member of the Sandycove Bathers’ Association, the Sunday Times reports. The association broke its century-old ban on female members earlier this week.
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#6 Any chance that you can change the spelling on the drug Pradaza. I think it should be Pradaxa. I discovered that when I went to check it on http://www.Rxisk.org
Andrew HERXHEIMER, clinical pharmacologist, spent most of his career teaching clinical pharmacology, Anyone who plans on going on prescribed drugs, be it a psychoactive drug or others should watch this discussion. It includes anti-depressants at 21 mins but discusses the pharma industry in general. The longer a drug is on the market the more that is known about it because, due to the hiding of negative trials on some drugs, the public IS the clinical trial. So it is up to the public to educate themselves and research any drug that they are about to start on reputable sites. http://vimeo.com/16363571
When it comes to the subject of “poor prescribing” habits by doctors if something isn’t learned from last Monday’s TV3 documentary the deaths will continue. The evidence on the ground (and I have been researching this for over 2 years due to my own adverse reaction to Citalopram) is that SSRIs can cause suicides or murder/suicides in some people. And then if there is an overdose level involved the body cannot handle the toxic level too well. I once learned that no one should ever take an overdose as if you survive you can end up brain damaged and even worse off than you started.
There has been a lot of misinformation in the TV media this week about “anti-depressants”. It is now known that the “chemical imbalance” theory that is presented by Pharma is a $$$ making myth. I have yet to meet a person who has had their neurotransmitter levels measured, then taken a pill and where serotonin etc has been “rebalanced” by the drug. There is NO science behind this. This was promoted as FACT by an actress on last night’s Saturday Night Show.
And then last Monday night in the documentary on the tragic death of Sebastian Creane there was a serious conflict of interest. If a Psychiatrist goes on TV they should make any conflicts of interest clear ie links to the drug company that Shane Clancy was on (Lundbeck). If they were writing for the BMJ they would have to do that. This has been addressed by Leonie Fennell’s blog (Shane’s mother) but I have also seen this problem when I attended a public lecture given by a Psychiatrist. He also did not declare his conflict of interest. The public have a right to know this. If we want to get a “balancing voice” and to get valid information.
Anyone who is given an “anti-depressant” should be closely monitored, should not be given a month’s supply of the drug and initially should have informed consent about the dangers. So that they can decide if the risk outweighs the benefits. And maybe a family member or trusted friend involved in that decision. There are better ways of dealing with symptoms of what is called Depression.
[Never stop or change prescribed drugs without talking to a good doctor, due to the dangers of withdrawal]
People on blood-thinning drugs told to talk to GPs ~ Xarelto and PradaXa.
num 9 who cares is she another free loader in the Senete never elected???
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