# The Antidepressant Side Effect They Buried w/ Dr. David Healy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthy-awake-podcast-6293304/the-antidepressant-side-effect-they-buried-w-dr-david-healy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthy-awake-podcast-6293304/the-antidepressant-side-effect-they-buried-w-dr-david-healy.md Podcast: [Healthy & Awake Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthy-awake-podcast-6293304) Published: 2026-06-29T07:27:45+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/healthyandawakepodcast/2949798 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/330088/2949798/healthyandawakepodcast/2026_06_29_05_27_40_7073b3df-cd3c-4fb1-97e8-f496821adba5.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/healthy-awake-podcast-6293304/episodes/the-antidepressant-side-effect-they-buried-w-dr-david-healy Duration seconds: 3212 ## Resource Dr. David Healy, psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, and author of Pharmageddon, returns to lay out what he argues the drug companies concealed about antidepressants. He says the healthy-volunteer trials showed sexual side effects in close to 90% of people while the marketed figure was under 5%, and he explains why he considers the word "antidepressant" itself a marketing term. Host Mike Vera, MS, NBC-HWC, walks through the trial data, informed consent, and whether the same pattern is now repeating with GLP-1 drugs. This is a discussion of Dr. Healy's research and perspective, shared for educational purposes only, and it is not medical advice. A note before you listen: this conversation covers antidepressants, SSRIs, and mental health, including the subject of suicidal thoughts. It is not a recommendation to start, stop, or change any medication. Always make medication decisions with your prescribing clinician. If you are struggling or in crisis, support is available 24/7: in the US, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline), or text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line). Outside the US, contact your local emergency services or crisis line. πŸ”Ž ABOUT THE GUEST β€” DR. DAVID HEALY Dr. David Healy is a psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist, and one of the most influential critics of how antidepressants are studied, marketed, and sold. He founded RxISK, where people can report and research drug side effects, and he is the author of Pharmageddon and other books on antidepressants and the history of medicine. - Writing and blog: https://davidhealy.org - RxISK (report and research drug side effects): https://rxisk.org - Book: Pharmageddon πŸ“– FREE β€” THE COMPLETE GLP-1 BREAKDOWN Mike's no-hype breakdown of GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro): what they actually do, what… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/healthy-awake-podcast-6293304/episodes/the-antidepressant-side-effect-they-buried-w-dr-david-healy/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/healthy-awake-podcast-6293304/the-antidepressant-side-effect-they-buried-w-dr-david-healy.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.