Posted by Mystia on October 16, 2002, at 21:08:44
In reply to Re: Why not make most psychotropics OTC?, posted by utopizen on October 16, 2002, at 11:17:05
Ok...hypothetical situation here: Let's say that all psychotropics (or at least MOST) are OTC. Let's say we have a woman named Mary. Mary is a hypochondriac. She thinks she has every disease known to mankind and goes to the doctor at least once a week. Now, let's say she starts getting mad at her doctor because he's telling her nothing is wrong with her. She decides to get these OTC psychotropic drugs because she really believes she has all these illnesses (when she really doesn't). If she takes all these meds trying to *cure* herself, and becomes suicidal, then who would be to blame??? And what if she is SUCCESSFUL in her suicide attempt?!? Many drugs do cause suicidal thoughts in some people, AND there are SO many meds that shouldn't be taken together, or shouldn't be taken by certain people. That is why we have doctors, to tell us what WE don't know. The docs did NOT go through years of med school just for people to log on to the internet and buy scripts!!! That is exactly why I think buying meds online should be illegal and not practiced. People tend to have "gambler's fallacy" and think they are right all the time. I'm sorry, but any time people can buy drugs online, that is asking for trouble. I mean, just think if some drug dealer got ahold of something like valium, oxycontin, even xanax and started selling to kids in the streets or WORSE in the schools?!? As sad as it seems, you have to think about the consequences OTC psychotropics (or ANY Rx med) being OTC would be. There are some sick people in the world, just waiting to take advantage of children or naive people.
I am sorry that's so long....AND I am not trying to put anyone down. I just had to get that off my chest....which brings me to something topic-related....I think Lexapro is turning me into a B**** (female dog in other words)
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