Notes of a meeting held with Bob Fiddaman at MHRA on 2 September 2008

Meeting with MHRA - The minutes
The minutes are available here in pdf format.For those of you without adobe acrobat I have republished the minutes in full here.


Present:Robert (Bob) Fiddaman (RF), Campaigner, Author of Seroxat Sufferers Blog Prof. Kent Woods (KW), Chief Executive, MHRASarah Morgan (SM), Head of Pharmacovigilance Risk Management, MHRA John Watkins (JW), Communication Manager, MHRA, acting as secretary

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1. RF said he would like to discuss problems of withdrawing from Seroxat. He said that though his concerns centred around Seroxat, he recognised that other SSRIs posed similar problems which ought also to be addressed.

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17. RF asked whether MHRA would talk with David Healy. KW said he would be happy to have that happen. But it would be useful if others with experience of managing withdrawal were also consulted. Those present at the meeting could not immediately identify anybody else in the UK but MHRA would try to do that, perhaps with the help of one of its Board members.