About Thismed Journal
I'm a clinical pharmacist, and this blog is where I write about the medication and health questions that don't have clear answers online.
Most health information you find has one of two problems.
Either it's so vague that it doesn't actually help, or it's so technical that you need a degree to read it.
I wanted to write something that sits in between. Real clinical evidence, but in plain language.
What's on this blog
I write about practical health questions: medications during pregnancy, supplements that actually work, why some drugs fail, what to do when something doesn't seem right.
The kind of questions people ask their pharmacist or search at 2am.
Every article starts with the research.
I read systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical trials from sources like PubMed and Europe PMC.
Then I write about what the evidence actually says, not what the headlines claim.
Evidence grading
At the end of each article, you'll see one of three labels:
🟢 Solid. Multiple studies look directly at the question and reach similar conclusions. You can act on this with reasonable confidence.
🟡 Mixed. There's research available, but the findings are limited, preliminary, or don't fully agree. The picture isn't clear yet.
🔴 Still Early. The studies that exist don't directly answer the question. Mostly indirect evidence or early-stage findings. Worth knowing about, but not yet enough to act on.
This is the same kind of evaluation pharmacists use when reviewing whether new evidence should change practice.
How the writing process works
I use research tools to search and organize the literature. There's too much published every week to read every paper by hand. But the clinical thinking, the evidence grading, the editorial choices, all of that is mine.
Every claim gets checked against the original source before anything goes live.
One thing this blog isn't
It's not medical advice. I don't know your history, your other medications, or what's actually going on with your body. Your doctor and your pharmacist do.
What I can do is help you understand the evidence well enough to ask better questions when you see them.
Thanks for reading.