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Mirtazapine, a paradigm of mediocre science in a deficient regulatory environment

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Bias in Science
  • Post published: 14 November 2002
  • Post last modified: 2 October 2026

AbstractThis commentary summarises the data that indicate the early work published on mirtazapine was inaccurate and misleading.  It points out that there are no data to substantiate the claim that…

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The Placebo Effect – meaning or muddle?

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:RCTs and Pearl
  • Post published: 3 May 2026
  • Post last modified: 3 May 2026

THE CREDENTIALS OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: REBALANCING THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SCALES 9.2.5 The placebo effect: meaning or muddle? phenomenon or phantasm? Abstract  This commentary deconstructs the concept of the ‘placebo effect’, arguing…

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7. Another professor’s illness

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Patient Stories
  • Post published: 5 December 2024
  • Post last modified: 30 September 2026

View or download Another Professor’s Illness PDFIntroductionThis brief account may be read in conjunction with the preceding account of ‘a professor’s illness’ in this link:https://psychotropical.com/patient-stories-a-professors-illness/Details of this second ‘Professor’s story’…

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6.1. Mirtazapine: The greatest lie of all?

  • Post author:Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Uncategorized
  • Post published: 1 March 2020
  • Post last modified: 6 May 2025

These commentaries are based on Dr Gillman’s peer reviewed scientific papers, see Publications, I wrote my criticism of this drug decades ago, and nothing has changed, except that the evidence for…

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