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Category Archives: Pharmaceuticals
To My Friend, a Physician
I don’t know how to approach you, what to say, what not to say. I want to be friendly, cheerful, optimistic. I want to be a valued asset in your life, even though I feel that I have absolutely nothing … Continue reading
Arresting Annie?
So I went out my apartment door around 9:15 a.m. on Saturday morning and saw a medium-sized carton sitting in front of my neighbor’s door. My neighbor hasn’t been in residence for months so I went over to take a … Continue reading
Posted in disability, drugs, HUD-subsidized housing, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged coma, CVS pharmacy, glucose 600, insulin, neighbors, Syracuse Police, UPS
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Contrary to News Headlines, Robin Williams Was . . .
Contrary to News Headlines, Robin Williams Was on Drugs at the Time of His Death—Antidepressant Drugs “The antidepressant found in Williams’ toxicology test, Mirtazapine (Remeron), has 10 drug regulatory agency warnings citing suicidal ideation.” By Kelly Patricia O’Meara November 10, … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, Depression, drugs, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged antidepressants, death, depression, doctors, drugs, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, pharmaceuticals, Physician, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist
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How Not To Be Depressed, Part 2b
2b. Don’t get an autoimmune disease. There is a relatively new area of medical investigation called PNIE—psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology. It says that how you feel emotionally is related to your nerves, your immune system, and your hormones. Who’d a thunk that your … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative therapies, Depression, drugs, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged alternative treatments, antidepressants, Autoimmune disease, body depression, depression, immune system, miscarriage, MS, multiple sclerosis, PNIE, psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology
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And Now the Idiot du Jour’s Boss
[Consequent to https://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/dr-w-c-elliott-the-idiot-du-jour/%5D Dr. Michael Iannuzzi, Director UHCC Adult Medicine MR Nephrology Dr. Elliott Dear Dr. Iannuzzi, I am in receipt of your letter of Sept. 10 regarding the above-captioned matter in which you threaten to terminate my health care … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Power, Values
Tagged complaint, diabetes insipidus, Dr W C Elliott, Dr. Arnold Moses, idiot du jour, inappropriate behavior, lab work, Michael Iannuzzi, nephrology, NYS Dept. of Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct, OPMC
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Dr. W.C. Elliott: The Idiot du jour
So I am sitting in a treatment room in the Nephrology Clinic at Upstate Medical Center when Dr. W. Clayton Elliott walks in and introduces himself. He is a late-middle-aged man who used to be known as Dr. William C. … Continue reading
To Dr. Eastwood, Interim President, Upstate
Dear Dr. Eastwood, I apologize for the fury with which I attacked you this afternoon. The top issue was that the sidewalks on Adams Street are blocked on both sides—one side because of Upstate’s building project and now, this week, … Continue reading