Forced drugging with antipsychotics is against the law: decision in Norway

In Norway, the Ombudsman concluded in December 2018, with reference to the Psychiatry Act, that it violated the law to use forced treatment with an antipsychotic in a concrete case. According to Norwegian law, forced drugging can only be used when, with “high probability, it can lead to recovery or significant improvement in the patient’s

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Cochrane authors on drug industry payroll should not be allowed, abstract

Cochrane reviews should be conducted by people that do not have financial conflicts of interest. Allowing almost half of the authors to receive financial support from the company whose product is being reviewed does not boost people’s confidence in Cochrane’s motto, “trusted evidence.” The Cochrane review of the HPV vaccines from May 2018 is illustrative.

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Complaint to the European Ombudsman

The Nordic Cochrane Centre’s complaint to the European Ombudsman over the European Medicines Agency’s maladministration related to its assessment of the possible serious harms of the HPV vaccines. Below is an overview of the most important correspondence. 2 November 2017 Our assessment of the European Ombudsman’s decision 16 October 2017 European Ombudsman’s decision 13 July

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Open letter to National Boards of Health in Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland: Warning against using depression pills in children and adolescents

This letter was sent 22 Nov. 2018 and again 22 Jan. 2019 because I had received no replies. In the letter, I draw attention to the fact that, since 2010, the usage of depression pills in children and adolescents has dropped by 41% in Denmark while it has continued to rise in Norway, Sweden and

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Neuroleptika øger dødeligheden

En statusartikel i Ugeskrift for Læger om overdødelighed ved skizofreni [1] hævder, at neuroleptika i korterevarende forsøg reducerer dødsrisikoen [2], og at dette underbygges af længerevarende observationelle studier [3]. Neuroleptika er meget toksiske, og de reducerer ikke dødelighen; de øger den [4]. De to artikler, der citeres i statusartiklen, er upålidelige, hvilket jeg har forklaret

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