TY - JOUR T1 - Bad Medicine: The medical untouchables JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 363 LP - 363 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X691985 VL - 67 IS - 661 AU - Des Spence Y1 - 2017/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/661/363.abstract N2 - I was on the TV and radio news recently. I have no media training nor a PA to help me. I don’t enjoy it; I always mumble and speak too quickly. My kids don’t help by saying, ‘Who’s that hideous middle-aged man on the telly?’ But I don’t care, because the topic is so important. A petition was recently sent to the Scottish Parliament to highlight the harm caused by prescription drugs1 — a topic I have been droning on about for decades. With a tripling of the use of antidepressants and painkillers in a decade, which are causing widespread dependence and addiction, … ER -