Posted by elvenfae on May 18, 2004, at 13:12:18
Obviously, for all the posts and suffering that so many of us have gone through or are going ... what needs to be done? It is a dangerous drug. Regardless of doctors believeing us or not it is DANGEROUS! Does anyone know of any class action suits started against this drug? I know that a while back I signed a petition against the drug but never heard anything back about it.
Anyways...what do everyone think? This drug has caused me more distress and suffering than literally anything else in my life- not to mention that three doctors told me before I got pregnant and during that Effexor was safe to take while preg. That was a LIE>my son went through dehydration in the womb and withdrawl after he was born. Can you imagine? A baby experiencing what we as adults can hardly handle? I am disgusted by this drug and tired of hearing about these doctors still prescribing it when it doesn't really even help...it might for some but it has never helped for me .. and I gave it an honest effort for my GAD, panic and agorpahobic disorders. I am on Buspar and Klonopin(the klononpin just for the withdrawls to be easier to get through) but Buspar is excellent - hard dosage schedule but so much better than anything else for an anxiety disorder. The effexor is ridiculously dangerous. Does anyone know how to start a class action suit if there isn't one started already? I never want anyone to go through what I have gone through with my little baby. He is okay now but what does it take? A baby dying? What does it take for the doctors or experts as they CALL themselves to realize that they are wrong.
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