Posted by Ieva on March 10, 2004, at 11:20:33
In reply to Re: Any long term Effexor-free survivors? » DepNYer, posted by jiggitykid on March 10, 2004, at 9:52:11
In reading the "discussion" between you two, I'd have to agree with Jiggitykid overall. The W/Ds that most of us (including me) have suffered were debilitating, scary, and more severe than is published out there by the pharm companies and doctors who prescribe this drug. Whether this is due to lack of education or just one big "conspiracy" by the pushers of this drug, the fact remains that there is much more evidence out there pertaining to people's negative expiriences by use or discontinued use of this drug, than there is the positive effects (other than what is commercially advertised). These are postings by real people who have used this drug, and the amount of documentation is scary. The fact that these people are being ignored or "blown off" is unacceptable. It's no big secret that there is a push in the market to have the 'next best thing' as far as psych meds go, and there is a strong possibility that many of the SSRI drug prescribed now have not been tested long enough to determine the full range of their negative and positive side effects, in order to get the drug out there quickly. What baffles me most is that the W/Ds that most of us expirienced needed not be tested over a period of time. My onset was in 24 hrs! So why are people not being informed of the seriousness of all of this? Especially with the evdience that I found on the internet alone, to support the possible danger of this (these) drug.
I received a newsletter yesterday from my insurance company which included any article on ADs. In plain text they state how "AD's are non-habit forming.... are not addictive....." I'm not sure why type of "habits" and "addiction" they are referring to, and how they can just cluster all AD's in one category like that, but and entire web would dispute (re: www.petitiononline.com/effexor/) And this is being advertised to millions of people! Something needs to be done.
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