Posted by steve on March 17, 2001, at 3:21:04
In reply to Re: My Dr and Sarafem » Bree, posted by steve on March 16, 2001, at 19:37:39
Since I don't know the outcome of the Hawaian case yet, I need to amend my invective to suggest that they have lied to a judge, and not judges. Similarly their misleading the FDA was by criminal omission, and not by commission per se.
S.
> Hi,
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> at 19, I'd say you are a woman.
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> I can understand your reluctance to drug yourself, and while I wouldn't want to tell you what to do, I do think I have some anecdotes that might help you make your decision.
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> Eli Lilly, the maker of sarafem / prozac / fluoxetine has a history of pleading guilty to criminal charges of failing to inform the FDA about deaths related to its products. http://insulinchoice.org/news/star_prozac.htm
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> Eli Lilly admits that sarafem / prozac can cause suicidal thoughts, but disputes that it causes suicidal behavior. Nonetheless they have lied to at least one judge about incentives they gave lawyers to present a weak case in such a law suit - the judge took them to the Tennessee State Supreme Court, and have recently been sued for practicing a fraud on yet another court.
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> Medicine has a more than hundred year long history of "medicalizing" and stigmatizing crankiness in women. The very term "hysteria" comes for the Greek for womb, suggesting that men can't become overly emotional. In the 1900s the "cure" that doctors prescribed was for women to go and be "therapeutically" masturbated by doctors. Perhaps with the exception of the rampant overpromotion of the ADD dx, I've never heard of boorish behavior by men being stigmatized, and I doubt that female doctors would dare suggest that misbehaving men need to come to be masturbated by them.
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> Who knows, sarafem might be your magic bullet, but I know that I would not feel comfortable ingesting a brain-altering chemical marketed by a company with a history of lying to judges and the FDA.
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> S.
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> > Hello,
> > I am a 19 year old girl and I recently went to see my doctor about switching over to a birth control pill that contained only progestorine as opposed to that and estrogen (the minnie pill).
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> > I wanted to do this becuase I get so over emotional around that time of the month and didn't think that the extra estrogen was doing me any good.
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> > My doctor gave me a month worth of Sarafem without really listening to my syptoms. I have seen commercials for PMDD and didn't feel that I qualified as a candidate.
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> > I don't have too much bloating and no cramps/pain. I do, however, get very upset with my boyfriend. It seems like it has to be one specific way or I am just a bundle of tears. That is not the way that I want to be, nor is that the way that I mean to be. I make everything very difficult for the both of us.
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> > I think that maybe I can change without the aid of drugs. I feel hesitant about taking Sarafem because even though my doctor gave it to me, she didn't seem too concerned with whether or not I really needed it.
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> > Should I try it? Are there risks? How long does it take for it to exit the body after consumption has ceased? If this is a solution to what I am experiencing, I will try it. But I dont want to if I shouldn't.
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> > Any advice and information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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