Posted by Mitch on January 1, 2002, at 10:04:57
In reply to Re: Has anyone read, Your Drug May Be Your Problem, posted by sjb on January 1, 2002, at 6:01:42
> Thank you all. I'm not as on top of things as a lot of you are and I know the book isn't today's latest news, as it's been out for a few years. I had never heard of him and the title caught my eye in the library(good marketing strategy). I just was blown away when I started reading it.
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> I agree that he does not understand severe depression and seems to trivilize a lot. I am just frustrated because I have tried so many meds, some which have helped tremendously for a short while and some that really had terrible side effects and I don't recall being in this state of cycling before medicating. Of course, I drank a bit which says something.
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> I really appreciate all the advice because I became very scared for all of us here on Pmeds.
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> That said, some of the case studies he cites are similar to some of my experiences. Zyprexa did seem extremely counterproductive for me, as one who suffers from atypical depression.
As with nearly everything, there are politics and money involved. We probably are going to see a period of reduced polypharmacy in the next few years (for good or ill). I noticed that Lilly is going to market fluoxetine/olanzapine together in one pill for treatment resistant depression. The pharmaceutical industry is worried about this trend and you will likely see more pill *combos* in the near future. Where I work (USA) they are already raising the deductibles on Rx medicine and our out-of-pocket maximum for medical expenses got boosted to a whopping $2300 per calendar year. Insurance companies are whining really loudly about covering all of the medication. Also, seniors are eventually going to get some form of Rx drug coverage which they need (there's *taxpayer* dollars in question now as well). I am not suggesting that insurance companies are behind all of this-but I bet they are going to really *help out* people like this doctor get his extreme views heard to policy makers.
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