FOI ? does MHRA endorse Dr Healy's new SSRI withdrawal guide

FOI ? does MHRA endorse Dr Healy's new SSRI withdrawal guide

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SSRI-Crusaders/message/34266

Mr S Gregor, Director, Communications Division
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane
London SW8 5NQ
Simon.gregor@mhra.gsi.gov.UK;

Dear Simon Gregor


I attach pdf file
HALTING SSRIs DAVID HEALY MD FRCPsych
dated 20 06 2009
which I have obtained from an open internet source thus -

http://fiddaman.blogspot.com/ - http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/5/6/1899375/Healy_Withdrawal_june_09.pdf

Quoting your new best friend PPE consultee Mr Fiddaman -

"I'm pleased to announce that David has now met with them and laid a new, revised withdrawal protocol on the table."

I note that the Healy paper was presented to you very recently at a date/venue not stated by Mr Fiddaman.
However I would like to draw your attention to page 6 & the text therein -

"SSRIs are well-known to impair sexual functioning. The conventional view
has been that once the drug is stopped functioning comes back to normal.
There are indicators however that this may not be true for everyone. If sexual
functioning remains abnormal this should be brought to the attention of your
physician who will hopefully report it.

Withdrawal may reveal other continuing problems similar to the ongoing
sexual dysfunction problem such as memory or other problems. It is
important to report these. The best way to find a remedy is to bring the
problem to the attention of as many people as possible."


Please advise me under the FOI or other working arrangements PPE i.e. patient public engagement

(a) does the MHRA endorse Dr Healy's attached paper?

(b) does the MHRA NOT endorse Dr Healy's attached paper - if not why not?



(c) does the MHRA endorse Dr Healy's position re memory, which appears to me to say that for some people at least that they have ongoing problems with their memory after completion of SSRI withdrawal?

(d)does the MHRA NOT endorse Dr Healy's position re memory, which appears to me to say that for some people at least that they have ongoing problems with their memory after completion of SSRI withdrawal - - if not why not?


Regards

Jeremy Bryce
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