Adverse Psychiatric Reactions Information Link

Promoting awareness of medicines that can harm mental health

ARTICLES by Millie Kieve & podcast interviews of Millie for APRIL

 

Millie Kieve's articles, submissions to Government Inquiries, letters, responses, poster presentation for APRIL. Published in medical journals and national newspapers - and broadcasts.

Millie Kieve on ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Millie-Kieve

 

2019

PODCAST  interview with Millie Kieve

Geraldine Burns interviews Millie  This interview, Nov 19th 2019, includes mention of Tamiflu, Contraceptive Pill , fluoroquinolone antibiotics and Temazepam.

Articles by Millie Kieve may be found on ResearchGate web site

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2018 - 2022

MHRA (Medicines Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) Istotretinoin Expert Working Group ( IEWG) 

Online testimonials by victims of Roaccutane /isotretinoin, bereaved parents, and Millie Kieve's testimony for APRIL - promised by the Committee to be made available for the public to see and hear. To date the review has not concluded (February 2022). Suicides linked to the adverse effects of Isotretinoin prescribed for serious acne have occurred and evidence was invited for this review. The link below is to information on the .Gov web site.

Erectile dysfunction & decreased libido is a problem for some young men who may not wish to disclose this but adverse side-effect , as well as many suicides have been connected to using or stopping the acne drug Roaccutane (isotretinoin)

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2016

Prescriber - medical journal

Editorial written jointly with Janet Krska, Professor of Pharmacy Practice published in medical journal Prescriber

The role of relatives and friends in antidepressant treatment

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2014

Préscrire Therapeutics Journal

Millie Kieve was invited to present a talk at the meeting of French therapeutics journal Prescrire, in Paris. This talk was entitled 'Listening to victim's voices' and published with additional information in both the Prescrire French and English editions of the journal.

English version Listening to victim's voices pdf

French version Écouter les voix des victimes pdf

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2011

Selling Sickness Conference - Amsterdam

Dianette poster presentation 

The Dianette Story - Adverse Drug Reactions - How Patient Reports Can Contribute to Patient Safety

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2008

New Scientist journal

Comment and Analysis article Falling on deaf ears

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2008

UK Government  Health Committee

       All Party Parliamentary Drugs Misuse Group  Chaired by Dr Brian Iddon MP.

Inquiry into physical dependence see pages 33 - 34 

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2007

Quality in Primary Care journal

Millie Kieve was invited to submit an editorial for the journal Quality in Primary Care  The information is still relevant, 

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs): a patient perspective on assessment and prevention in primary care

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2006

PAPYRUS charity aimed at preventing  young suicides, Millie Kieve's contribution to their journal.

Article Millie Kieve wrote when a trustee of PAPRUS, before Millie founded APRIL charity.

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Government Health Select Committee Inquiry

 The Influences of the Pharmaceutical Industry

APRIL's submission to UK Health Commitee Inquiry into the Influences of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Link to report of some of the sessions for the Inquiry

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2004

The Guardian UK daily newspaper

Article featured in The Guardian by Millie Kieve about daughter Karen

She told me she had lost her personality

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2004

Nurse Prescribing journal comment article by Millie Kieve

The importance of recognising adverse drug reactions

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2003

Socialist Health Association invited Millie to speak at a meeting

Patients - Consumers - Citizens please scroll down the Socialist Health Assn page for Millie's talk

 

 

 

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