Posted by rjk on July 26, 2002, at 13:41:44
In reply to Re: How psychiatry wrecked my life., posted by cybercafe on July 26, 2002, at 11:56:57
> > > is there anything a doctor can do to test a patient or know ahead of time?
> > >
> > I don't know, but I don't think that was my problem. The problem was that I was not treatment resistant and I am convinced that it is simply a case of that combination of drugs being too strong for my brain to cope with and something had to give, which it did.
>
> hmmm... is this frequent at all? should other people beware of this specific combination? and is there anyway the doctor could have known that combining these medications can be so dangerous ?
>
I don't think that most pdocs actually ever consider the possible risks. The one who advised me to take that combo has told me "there is no reliable scientific evidence that A/Ds or combos of A/Ds can cause any long term adverse effects". That is because there is no scientific evidence or research to say whether combos can or can't! The fact of the matter is that whenever a pdoc suggests a combo of drugs he is both experimenting and putting his patient at risk. A leading pharmacologist has actually written to me expressing his concern about the way pdocs combine drugs.
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