Posted by jojo on July 18, 2001, at 22:57:12
In reply to Re: Effexor stuff » jojo, posted by Elizabeth on July 18, 2001, at 0:20:51
Elizabeth- You sound like you work in conflict resolution.
RE: "Effexor isn't considered to have abuse potential by the medical community.
Discontinuing it can cause a withdrawal syndrome, but this is not the same thing as
addiction; if it were, we'd have to consider a whole lot of people drug addicts who
take antidepressants, anxiolytics, corticosteroids, antihypertensives, and numerous
other common medicines."OK, let's consider these people drug addicts. I don't think that I know what an "addict" is anyway.
If we DO consider these people "drug addicts", maybe our government will be forced to consider
their War on Drugs in a more rational way, especially if someone close to them suffers from one
of these "addictions".
poster:jojo
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