Posted by OldSchool on January 21, 2002, at 11:13:50
In reply to Re: Dr. Ivan Goldberg » OldSchool, posted by spike4848 on January 21, 2002, at 10:33:39
> > Id also like to say that if I had not become a self educated patient like Ive done, I would probably be dead by now.
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> Yes .... I agree .... I would have give up hope years ago if I didn't keep up to date current knowledge. The problem is so much of the literature is crap! Sorry. So much of the literature is bias by big pharmaceutical drug companies and physicians publishing questionable data in order to further their career, it gets hard to decipher.Yes I totally agree that much of the info provided by the pharmaceutical companies is pure, unadulterated crap. I dont listen to everything I read or hear about psych meds. I make my own decisions and I think independently.
I personally believe the pharmaceutical industry is holding back a lot of good potential new ideas and research in psychiatry. For example I wouldnt be surprised at all if this new Selegiline MAOI patch gets blocked by the FDA for commercial and political reasons. Such as I bet you that the companies that market SSRIs will try to block the MAOI patch as this patch might end up being BIG competition for the SSRIs. Because it will probably be a much better antidepressant, more likely to create full remission, etc. etc.
Im very skeptical the MAOI patch will be FDA approved here anytime soon. If at all. For basically the same reason Moclobemide is not marketed in the USA. Moclobemide which is a "safe" RIMA MAOI, while certainly not as robust or effective as the older irreversible MAOIs, it certainly has some potential to fight TRD. Moclobemide is a good general antidepressant and frankly it would provide a good deal of competition to the SSRIs, which are HUGE moneymakers for the drug companies.
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> That is why I think some of the best info come from p-babble. We are just individuals fighting a disease. We come together to trade ideas and experiences to improve our health. So the quality of material maybe better here than from any journal or pdoc. The difference between us and pdocs .... we live our illness/we have taken the medications/we know the results/we live with the side effects!I just have a general bad attitude towards psychiatry in general. I dont like it basically. All I can say is if I had not made it my goal to learn about this stuff on my own, well Id probably be gone a long time ago.
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