Anna Sylwestrowicz
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MD 1991 Anesthesiologist 1996. Lifestyle Management 2016. Patient Advocate 2023.
Victoria, British Columbia
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I would like to speak to the physician that approved Abilify Maintena 400 mg IM "convenient monotherapy for bipolar 1" please ... I've been trying to speak to someone for 3 years now. Who will take responsibility for the iatrogenic harm and deaths in BC?
@US_FDA
warnings
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I had no idea of the degree of corruption in psychiatry, pharma funding of lobby groups to get Health Canada approvals, pharma funding of "medical education companies" to "educate" doctors and nurses, everyone gets CME credits and everyone prescribes the new miracle drug.
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@theJagmeetSingh
What are the "life saving" diabetes medications? Insulin or Ozempic? 95% of diabetes is type 2 and highly preventable in the first place. Let's start with education, less prescribing of neuroleptics for neurodivergence and behaviour and focus on school nutrition and sports for
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@KahlonRav
Out of curiosity, how do you propose first time homebuyers purchase these 450 sq ft units for $525,000 plus GST?
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22 years on olanzapine 20 mg po at HS for "sleep disorder", 60 year old man presents with movement disorder, dark thoughts and cognitive decline. MRI shows frontal lobe atrophy; antipsychotic currently at 5 mg po at HS. "I can't function and can't sleep"
@taperclinic
ideas?
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@markhollandlib
@SeamusORegan
@terrybeech
@jyduclos
@YaaraSaks
@Yasir_Naqvi
@cafreeland
@JustinTrudeau
Can we have a list of these free “oral health providers” for Victoria, BC?
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@DrJessTaylor
Psychiatric drugs (not mental "illness") can make people act compulsively, self harm, in a violent way, includes hurting themselves (suicide). Does that make prescribing psychiatrists complicit?
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Just approved a new once-every-two-months injection for treatment of
#schizophrenia
in adults or maintenance monotherapy treatment of bipolar I disorder in adults. Why is this terrifying especially for "involuntary" patients under the Mental Health Act of BC?
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Some are kept on these drugs for decades... no guidance on how to wean. Exactly what the pharmaceutical companies want. Sexual dysfunction? Must be the depression Weight gain? Must be the depression..."let's add more SSRI's" or "let's try another brand, here is a sample pack".
"Antidepressant medication use was higher for adults with at least some college education (14.3%) compared with those with a high school education (11.5%) or less (11.4%)."
Curse of knowledge or worship of science as religion?
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@sulmoney
In Victoria BC, where I practice, patients will generally tell psychiatrists exactly what they want to hear. Most are quite terrified of the system ... some pretend they are taking their drugs but do not and others beg to come off them with no help from psychiatry
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@Dave_Eby
These short term rentals are around 500 sq ft and priced at $525,000 ... minimum wage is $17.40/hour. There is also 5% GST on these units. How will this free up affordable housing?
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Abilify Maintena 400 mg IM depot injections cause severe akathesia and compulsive behaviour mimicking "bipolar". They certainly do not treat "bipolar" and lead of homelessness, disability and suicide
@US_FDA
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Pharma pays over $200 million to doctors and hospitals in Canada. We don't know who gets paid what and why? B.C Mental Health Act is unique in Canada because it does NOT require informed consent from patients for their "treatment plan"... long acting injectable antipsychotic?🤨
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Leaked NHS figures reveal 15,000 died in care of mental health trusts in one year
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Diabetes drug advertised in Montreal airport. Will National Pharmacare be covering the cost of this too? It used to be illegal to advertise drugs directly to the consumer in Canada
@theJagmeetSingh
Ads for Ozempic all over the place in Montreal airport. Novo Nordisk circumvents that it is illegal to advertise prescription drugs to the public by not mentioning what the drug is for, but we all know, don’t we? Shame on you, Novo Nordisk.
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@markhollandlib
You are a total hypocrite. Can you explain why 4500 BC citizens were injected with Abilify Maintena 400 mg IM every month in 2022? A Japanese antipsychotic with thousands of lawsuits,
@US_FDA
and UK warnings about compulsive behaviour? Date rape drug, powerful hypnotic and lethal
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Diabetes is 3 x higher for patients prescribed neuroleptics ... so why is prescribing of this dangerous group of drugs increasing in Canada? Especially in children and youth? .
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@picardonhealth
@ZimmTeamLab
@mattgallowaycbc
@CBCNews
@csoncol
What about all the ones that want cancer treatment but cannot get it in BC?
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@alexnatarosMD
@NorthIslandCHC
@SRPCanada
@snewbery1
I usually agree with you but not on this one. A highly addictive street drug Special K, very cheap veterinary anesthetic, also used in remote places as it doesn't stop spontaneous respiration, Spravato being pushed by Janssen for intranasal use as a novel treatment for
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Long acting depot antipsychotic injections are political tools, not mental healthcare, and should never be used "for convenience, to decrease caregiver burden, or to facilitate hospital discharge" no matter how good the Pharma "honorariums"
@HealthCanada
@elenoresturko
Haldol injections were used as a torture method in the Soviet Union. They caused restlessness and apathy which rendered the subject unfit for public presentations. High dose Thorazine could even send people into a vegetative state.
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@JustinTrudeau
And who will be able to afford them? Certainly not those earning $17/hour in BC
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@sanilrege
I believe I can sum up "anti psychiatry" in a few slides. MASSIVE conflicts of interest, subjective pseudoscience, Pharma funded "medical education", Pharma funded "clinical research", zero regard to lethal drug interactions, drugging and labeling children etc
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I had no idea modern, Pharma marketing driven, psychiatry is a complete hoax. I thought they knew something I didn't...truly disturbing this group of Pharma marketing funded "experts" has so much power under the law to destroy lives.
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@Dave_Eby
What will be the consequence? Criminal record? Jail? Fine? Antipsychotic injections?
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What cocktails of psychotropic drugs and depot antipsychotic injections were involved?
@joannamoncrieff
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PES/RJH
@VanIslandHealth
Centre of Excellence for forced depot long acting antipsychotic injections, 3000 annual electroconvulsive therapies, and the Esketamine "Janssen Journey". All the people participating are complicit for not speaking up and our politicians for allowing
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@JourneyofHope4U
To add to that psychiatric medications and recreational drugs are usually the CAUSE of the acute psychological distress
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@guyfelicella
That’s because you’re in Mount Saint Joseph’s hospital; Saanich Peninsula and Cowichan District pretty good too … come visit PES/RJH
@VanIslandHealth
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@JourneyofHope4U
One thing I've learned in my 90,000 hours as a clinical anesthesiologist is that PES/RJH
@VanIslandHealth
hurts people over and over again with polypharmacy, prescribing cascades and iatrogenic harm ... now depot antipsychotic injections Abilify Maintena "for convenience and to
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@dockevinmcleod
That's a
@cpsbc_ca
issue...if a Canadian trained neuroradiologist has a medical licence in 3 provinces, but cannot obtain a licence to practice in BC, there is a big problem.
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@JourneyofHope4U
Now imagine the grief/anger of a parent, whose child who dies in the hospital, under their care, and the hospital won’t release the patient records citing “patient confidentiality” … zero closure and zero justice
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@DrMcFillin
And now we have "add on" antipsychotics (Vraylar, Rexulti, Abilify)...the final nail in the coffin
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Antipsychotics are increasingly prescribed to children and teenagers via
@NIHREvidence
@ReadReadj
@bcautism
@BCPharmacists
@MedicatingNorm1
VERY DISTURBING
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My ultimate goal is to get BC politicians to revisit the Mental Health Act of BC to decrease the power held by psychiatry and "forced" treatment plans. Next I would like to see
@OtsukaUS
have their Abilify Maintena removed from the FDA indication for "bipolar 1" as it is misused
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@ChrisGovernale
The prescribing physician should be exposed, disciplined, and seriously retrained in prescribing practice.
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@ChiefManak
There are no words for the current leadership of this province. Thank you for everything
@vicpdcanada
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Patients given aripiprazole ‘should be told of gambling addiction risks’ | Drugs | The Guardian…get this drug off formulary
@innovativemeds
@ACMTS_CADTH
@DeptofDefense
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Worth a glance if anyone really wants to "fix" anything in healthcare
@picardonhealth
@janephilpott
has good ideas but there is a lot of denial especially in psychiatry I learned exactly how Pharma works when I opened a medical spa in 2016. AbbVie
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Exactly how much $$$ does
@bcndp
get from Otsuka, Pfizer, AbbVie and Janssen?
@iqvia
coupons printed in Nova Scotia, hospital free trials and payment at the end of the "clinical research" on unsuspecting involuntary patients with no informed consent
@BCLawMatters
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@robwipond
Seriously you can't make this stuff up. I had no idea this goes on at Island Health Royal Jubilee Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Services...and to think that the BC Mental Health Act allows it and allows less than 20 "specialists" to hold so much power over people.
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@DrJessTaylor
@omgheywinter
They judge and "labels" stick for life. "The system" is threatening, coercive, dismissive and very harmful for the patient who had no voice and no choice in the "therapeutic treatment plan"
@JM_Whiteside
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@drjanaway
@taperclinic
No association with 22 years of "off label" use of antipsychotic of course right? That would be prescribed iatrogenic harm and that never happens in psychiatry and aggressive Pharma Marketing to GP's
#patientsafety
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Why is this a problem? In cosmetic medicine, the patient signs an informed consent, voluntarily shares confidential data with the drug company (and pays for the treatment). The drug company then owns the patient data and can directly market to the consumer. In this example,
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Disability rates directly linked to prescribed mental health drugs
@markhollandlib
For every death, many more who are wounded. Prescription drugs are not only the leading cause of death . They lead to permanent physical and psychiatric disturbances, or permanent disability, in many, many more people. Use drugs as little as you can
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Why are we medicating our kids? When did neurodevelopment and neurodivergence become mental illness? J & J, Otsuka and Janssen sponsoring studies of high dose depot antipsychotic injections for youth to ensure "medication adherence" for 2 years...slippery slope to polypharmacy
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@NurseWaffs
@goslee_aaron
Psychiatrists are a gigantic problem. Who would have given consent for the Phase 3 clinical trial for such massive doses of Abilify in 10 year olds? Otsuka is a problem. Otsuka Marketing is a problem. Spravato is a problem. Antipsychotics in kids are a problem.
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@robwipond
And drugged to stupor "at the discretion of the attending staff".... Q1 hourly benzos and antipsychotics. Then injected with long acting depot "for the usual honorariums". Side effects managed with more meds in prescribing cascades...
@MedicatingNorm1
@DrJessTaylor
@elenoresturko
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If so, they should be classified with methadone and narcotics because dose dependent side effects, dose dumping with depot injections, and potentially lethal drug interactions are not uncommon. There are also very significant pharmacogenetic differences in drug metabolism.
I can say with certainty: antipsychotics SAVE lives*
*including mine
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@CaulfieldTim
Highly recommend reading Dr. Carl Elliott’s book The Occasional Human Sacrifice
@FearLoathingBTX
to better understand just what public health and
@CDCgov
are capable of doing
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@DrJessTaylor
Stabbing multiple people while on or off psychiatric medications is murder...intent. Very different from drug induced delirium leading to violent self harm and suicide
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@HenryRunamucker
The question is would he volunteer for 8-12 rounds of electroconvulsive "therapy" for himself? I suspect not.
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This type of crap is entirely Pharma marketing driven.
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@benzosarebad
Psychiatry has nothing to offer...what would they do without prescribing privileges? God forbid actually talk to people...we have psychologists and psychotherapists for that.
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"There are more than 500 new medicines currently in development in Canada and 93 per cent of this research is funded by industry. Innovative Medicine's Canada 40 member companies are working on exciting new treatments for multiple sclerosis, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, among
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@guyfelicella
What exactly is your agenda? Who pays your salary?
@bcndp
the messaging should be don’t use drugs not how to use drugs safely with alcohol and how to administer naloxone.
@elenoresturko
@JohnRustad4BC
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@liberal_party
what type of childcare will be offered? Quality? Number of children? Hours? Sounds like propaganda for votes from working moms
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"No one ever gets better" direct quote from psychiatric nurse
@VanIslandHealth
The business of ECT, forced long acting injections depot neuroleptics, overprescribed drugs, polypharmacy and dangerous prescribing cascades eg. SSRI and antipsychotic
@JM_Whiteside
No need to cure patients when there's more profits in perpetually treating them.
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@Notshockednomo
@PaulMinotMD
@joannamoncrieff
@DrDavidHealy
@taperclinic
@MedicatingNorm1
I have 3 categories for psychiatrists 1) unethical 2) stupid 3) critical psychiatrists who speak truth to power and don't compromise their values for "the usual honorariums" and a free trip to Las Vegas. Sadly this is not recognized and psychiatry has far too much power under the
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Busting Myths about Psychosis & Antipsychotics with Dr Joanna Moncrieff via
@YouTube
@Kir97657399
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@shoshanahjacobs
A Professor is a salaried position with benefits, sick/maternity leave and pension correct? I was self employed for 33 years, did not have maternity benefits, and took one day of sick leave. The majority of physicians in Canada are self employed. Depending on circumstances,
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Completely useless call with Health Canada... useless bureaucratic organization where no one takes responsibility
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@jsam10983741
We cannot fix our own backyard never mind the world. Last I read 1/4 million Canadians was on a waitlist for affordable housing? How many elderly living in poverty? Are long acting antipsychotic injections truly required for all those living
@PHSAofBC
@JM_Whiteside
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Psychiatrists are an interesting bunch ... "add more drugs" to treat the side effects of prescribed drugs😳😳😳🤡. Zero training in dose dependent side effects, dose dumping, weaning, pharmacogenomic variability in metabolism and lethal drug interactions.
Treating Antipsychotic-Induced Akathisia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 📚🔍
Key Findings:
Effective Treatments: ✅
👉Mirtazapine
👉Biperiden
👉Vitamin B6
showed the greatest efficacy against placebo 💊.
Alternative Options: ✅
👉Trazodone
👉Mianserin
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@Antidepressed1
These psychopharmacology "experts" and drug companies like Otsuka should be criminally prosecuted for manslaughter
@markhollandlib
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@JourneyofHope4U
The long term side effects of neuroleptics are horrendous and much worse than SSRI's and benzodiazepines ... I would like to see
@GovCanHealth
recall Abilify Maintena depot injections as they clearly did not review the Phase 3 research on 10 - 17 year old children "with and
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it appears that most of the healthcare corruption and Pharma Marketing is happening right in the capital city of Canada.
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@JourneyofHope4U
@joel_lexchin
@Kir97657399
I am a retired Clinical Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics at UBC and Clinical Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine
@VIHealthRes
. I resigned in 2020 and deeply ashamed of my participation in anesthesia for ECT.
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@ryjodo
That Arthur Sackler showed every other drug company how to market drugs & sell more product for expanded "indications". That 99% of psychiatric literature is Pharma funded, ghostwritten and only favourable short term results published. That Pharma pays "experts" millions to sell
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Please let's look at this quackery
@WHO
@taperclinic
@DrJBhattacharya
imagine what happened during the pandemic lockdowns in BC.
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@AmericanMuskrat
@taperclinic
Routinely prescribed "off label" in BC
@TELUSHealth
... ephedrine a really stupid choice. Wear yourself out with good nutrition, exercise, mindfulness and avoid substance and alcohol at all cost
@ChrisPalmerMD
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@CaulfieldTim
@CADTH_ACMTS
@CAMHnews
@GovCanHealth
almost entirely Pharma funded organizations. Who funds you?
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@Pharmageddon24
@shvogt
@jill_d35
@ReadReadj
@psychgeist52
@peterkinderman
@ChrisGovernale
@louieNebula
@kenjaques
@WillPSSD
@ROSIE_PSSD
What Dr. Stea does not realize is that 99% of mental health literature is pharma sponsored, ghost written and only the favourable, short term results published. The lobbyist tells me "most Canadians have no idea how government works" ie. Health Canada approvals.
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The drug companies doing this to children should face manslaughter charges
@markhollandlib
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@mryoung151
@ChrisPalmerMD
In BC Canada,
@Fraserhealth
@VanIslandHealth
“Early Intervention in Psychosis” is a Pharma funded numbered company in Hamilton Ontario. It is psychiatry code for “Creating Lifelong Antipsychotic Customers”. They iatrogenically hurt so many children and youth with overprescribed
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@casabar_s
@markroseman
@VanIslandHealth
@JM_Whiteside
@PDMcAvityMD
@Kir97657399
@taperclinic
No one seems to be listening to the harmed patients. I feel a moral responsibility, and ethical duty, as a specialist anesthesiologist, mother and patient advocate, to speak up. Mental health patients rarely complain or advocate for themselves
@cpsbc_ca
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@ChrisPalmerMD
"Treatment resistance" usually comes from psychiatric intervention, polypharmacy, prescribing cascades and long acting intramuscular depot injections. Psychiatrists create lifelong customers.
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And funding
@BCSchizophrenia
the only "non profit" entity in BC pushing for forced involuntary "treatment plans" with this horrendous antipsychotic drug
@GovCanHealth
@robwipond
The drug company pushing for de institutionalization with Panorama linked to Nexi software 😳
@sylwestrowicz
@robwipond
Speaking of Otsuka . . . Anyone tracking this new entity? They seem to be pulling in a lot of big players from forced treatment land. And deep pockets. Concerning.
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Why are we injecting people in BC with a long acting depot Japanese antipsychotic with a “pharmacovigilance” department in India?
@CADTH_ACMTS
@GovCanHealth
@JustinTrudeau
@markhollandlib
@innovativemeds
@adriandix
who paid who what? 3000 lawsuits under
@bmsnews
and
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@JM_Whiteside
With the October election fast approaching, putting out a press release, using language that implies the current government has been doing an incredible job since 2017, is shameful. In 2017 there were 23,441 OD/Poisoning calls to
@BCAmbulance
(1495 deaths) and in 2023
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Medicating Normal panel discussion via
@YouTube
@JM_Whiteside
"unprofessional physician behaviour" at
@VanIslandHealth
@Fraserhealth
@cpsbc_ca
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