Posted by caraher on August 13, 2004, at 12:41:02
In reply to Re: Cymbalta/Duloxetine, posted by Marilyn on August 13, 2004, at 11:19:44
> Furthermore, what that article failed to uncover
> was that Traci Johnson was most certainly not the
> only participant who committed suicie on Cymbalta
> (duloxetine).Actually, the article DOES mention that: "As of this spring, four suicides had occurred among 4,124 depressed patients who had taken duloxetine, which is Cymbalta's scientific name, during clinical trials, according to a Lilly clinical psychiatrist, Dr. John R. Hayes."
There is a rumor that she'd been depressed previously and the point in another post about taking the volunteer's word is very well taken. I used to work in PET research and heard many tales of so-called "normal volunteers" lying to get into a study. The difference is that generally it's easier to figure out that someone lied about taking cocaine than it is to determine someone had previously been depressed.
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