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PHARMACEUTICAL INFLUENCE
ADHD
Dr Siobhan Becker
25th May 2023
How do you respond when you receive a letter from a private ADHD clinic asking you to prescribe Concerta? With a sigh and roll of the eyes? With a slight sense of discomfort, maybe even panic? Or with...
Panic disorder – do the drugs work?
Dr Simon Curtis
29th September 2022
Mike is on the phone. He has suffered from panic attacks all his life, but over the last few months they have become much more common. They are recurrent, can be unexpected and the fear that they will...
‘It’s your hormones, love’ ‘Oh, someone’s got their period’
Dr Siobhan Becker
3rd March 2022
Jokes about women and their hormones are as old as the hills and generally about as welcome as a sharp object in the eye. Nonetheless, there is a mass of evidence demonstrating the fundamental role that...
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