Posted by paulk on June 3, 2001, at 2:35:18
In reply to Re: Effexor Cataract Cam, Elizabeth » paulk, posted by Cam W. on June 2, 2001, at 11:28:18
>Paul - I really did a thourough search for cataracts from Effexor™ (venlafaxine) and the only place that I found any mention was in the PDR under very rare side effects.. Not even PubMed or mentalhealth.com. Even the Canadian PDR, the CPS made no mention of it. I had definitely not heard it before. The CPS usually goes overboard in the reporting of side effects. I have been expecting to see hangnails show up as a side effect in some new drug.
< grin > Yes the PDR is starting to become worthless – because it contains so much information due to litigation rather than medically useful information.
>I have had trouble with accomodation (focusing) with each dose increase, but this is lasted only a day or three.
One thing I’ve noticed going off Effexor is my accommodation has much improved – I wonder if the accommodation side-effect has an age component (I’m 46)
>The PDF side effect profile lists everything that happened in animals and people during trials of the drug. Many of the very rare side effects are never seen again and a causal relationship of the side effect to the drug is seldom proven when it occurs in one or two people (or animals) out of the thousands tested. The company lists every side effect that occurs so that the FDA cannot come back at them and say they were hiding information, and also to cover their ass in the event of a lawsuit.
Ditto – well said.
> will hazard a guess that cataracts showed up in one person or batch of animals and is totally unrelated to the Effexor. I have been wrong before, but we would have heard more on this by now. Rival drug companies would eat this up
My hunch is the cataracts and my sudden intolerance may be related by a third cause. I might just be sick and that is interfering with my metabolizing Effexor and could also cause the cataracts. I’m due to see an endroconologist who I hope might be able to sort things out.>Hope that this is of some help. – Cam
Thanks Paulk
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