Case study: Doctor-patient intimidation - I had a very early menopause, aged 36. I was diagnosed as hypothyroid, and when my periods stopped the back pains started. ... ...

Case study: Ischaemia of the bowel. - My mother had been very ill for two years wit stomach pain, diarrhoea and loss of appetite. She had numerous Barium meals and other unpleasant tests....

Case study: The risks of HRT - "I became incredibly ill while using HRT. I came off of it after nine months; that was four months ago. I am not out of the woods yet, to put it mil...

Case study: schizophrenia - My 27 year old son Christopher is once again in hospital undergoing drug based treatment for a severe schizophrenic condition. Many attempts have bee...

Case study: Avoid Lithium for depression? - In 1988 I was treated with lithium as an outpatient. I have a relatively mild psychiatric condition which, while unpleasant, never caused me to be hos...

Case study: Zocor (simvastatin) - the side effects - I was on Zocor (simvastatin), made by Merck, for 18 months to lower my cholesterol levels. I would never have taken it had my doctor told me of the s...

Case study : antibiotics - "I greatly appreciate your publication. Would that such help had been available in 1978/79, when I received such massive doses of penicillin in Guern...

Case study : cataracts - ...