Posted by baseball55 on July 30, 2016, at 18:30:28
In reply to Re:study, posted by Tabitha on July 30, 2016, at 11:56:26
One drug most likely to cause cardiac problems in people with pre-existing cardiac conditions is viagra (also cialis and other similar drugs). I imagine a much higher percentage of men using viagra, etc., die of heart attacks than die of heart attacks while using geodon or other psychiatric drugs. Yet docs don't screen patients for cardiac problems before prescribing viagra, etc.
> Yikes, it would be a bad thing if people with pre-existing heart trouble ended up dying from their anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. If other studies confirmed this, then it would become general knowledge and doctors would need to check for pre-existing heart conditions before prescribing them, particularly for elderly patients.
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> But... isn't that kind of typical thing doctors do before prescribing any medication anyway? Is there reason to believe these medications are uniquely risky for people with pre-existing heart trouble as compared to other medications they might need? You'd probably need to consult actual doctors who have broad enough expertise to know how to proceed with treatment, instead of trying to interpret individual studies in the few open access journals by yourself.
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> Or you could just continue to be unreasonable, and take an individual study such as this and conclude OMG, psych meds are killerz!!! Say no to psych meds!!! Your choice really. Would be nice if you'd take your campaign someplace else though. It's not helping anyone here.
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