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SSRI and Impotency… Hahahaha… I Knew More Bad Stuff Would Come to the Surface

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

You think I am joking, do you! I wrote a blog about SSRIs earlier explaining how bad they are in terms of what they do to the brain. This I did after one doctor told me that SSRIs do not … Continue reading →

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Symptom or Cause? Why Can’t They Get It Right?

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I cannot help but laugh when I see television commercials of medicines. Forget that they have longer warnings of how it may hurt or kill you than the benefit they may give you–in fact if you did not look at the … Continue reading →

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Medication: Brand Name then Brand Name and then Brand Name again!

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

You are probably familiar with the patent length of new drugs but in case you are not, it is 20 years. What happens when the patent expires? You think you know the answer since you see so many generics and … Continue reading →

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Vacation Over – Medical Reality Hits Again!

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

It was great being on vacation for a month. Luckily all was beautiful and I wish I lived there (I was in Scandinavia). But I live in the US. As most of you probably already know, I have several Facebook … Continue reading →

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Serotonin and Migraines: a Second Take

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

It seems that today the words “migraine” and “serotonin” are synonymous. Have a migraine? Take a serotonin pill; some type of tryptan. It is interesting to note that serotonin has very little to do with migraines even though the entire … Continue reading →

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Why Do Tryptans Sometimes Work & Other Times Don’t for Migraines?

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I am starting to realize that perhaps not everyone understands why tryptans work for some people sometimes but not all the time and why they don’t work for others at all ever. So here I try to give you an … Continue reading →

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And You Believe in Your Doctor You Say?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I have for years been wondering why I know so many people with multiple knee replacements who would normally not do anything that would warrant even one, let alone multiple knee replacements, get them until one day I had a back … Continue reading →

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Doctors versus You. Who is Better at Curing You?

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

I watched two very interesting videos today. Both perfectly align with my thoughts on the title of the website: clueless doctors. It is not so much that they are clueless–albeit many really are–but  rather that they are helpless. Quick: name … Continue reading →

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Migraine Facts: Slow Down and Read This

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

Migraine Facts Originally posted on May 17, 2014 by Angela A. Stanton, Ph.D. Revised on March 2, 2019 by Angela A. Stanton, Ph.D. I posted this note in my FB migraine group, so you are all aware of a few … Continue reading →

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Parathyroids and How Tricky and Dangerous–and Misunderstood they are!

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Angela A Stanton, Ph.D.

A friend of mine wrote this very interesting and rather long and suffering turn of events that beneath hid a secret about parathyroids. This particular story fits both clueless doctors and also migraines. Clueless doctors because after years of suffering … Continue reading →

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