Posted by headachequeen on February 23, 2004, at 16:46:58
In reply to Re: headachequeen, posted by sjb on February 23, 2004, at 8:35:48
> I am so glad it is helping you and others you know. I by no means intented to 'dis the drug for it's original label use for seizures, headaches, etc. ... My post was meant as a general observation, not a 100% thing, and for those of us who tend to blame ourselves when a drugs benefit change or lose effect. It has been my observation that most on this board turn to Topomax for its weight-loss rep. Perhaps, drugs being prescribed for off-label use, need more scrutiny and long-term studies.>>
Oh, but that is my point, my concern, and my constant soapbox exactly...
we are too quick to try this drug and that one for the off-label effects...
and then get upset because of the side effects (too often random effects), the damage, the disappointments, and on and on...
When it works for the proper need then fine...
and if controlled for the random use then that is one thing...
but there seems to be a flood of people dictating to doctors...
and ads telling them to tell their doctors what to prescribe...
I know, I know, the old Canadian attitude that demands that we do not do that...
can't advertise drugs and so on...
but it is a worry to my way of thinking...
you have hit the nail on the head...
there are those who are helped but it is not a magic bullet...
kat
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