Posted by dancingstar on January 22, 2005, at 15:49:42
In reply to Re: Anyone had success on Effexor XR? » dancingstar, posted by not2late4u on January 22, 2005, at 15:23:04
Renee,
I can gather information for you, but not right now. I need to pack, truly I do.
In the meantime, right here on this very site I ask that you read post after post where people have asked their doctors for help, and their doctors have not known what they were talking about. The doctors don't yet understand the severity of the problem because Wyeth has withheld the information, and since the bulk of the prescriptions have been within the last two to three years, we are now just hitting their offices in pain and with all sorts of symptoms from side effects as well as withdrawal.
Unfortunately, to send someone back to their doctor is to dismiss them, to tell them that there is no answer, that their problem is insignificant. Their doctors do not have the answers for them at this point.
Quite frankly, neither the doctors nor the people at the drug companies have taken these drugs for a couple of years, which would have been an excellent idea, so that they can be decent gunea pigs for the rest of us. If they had taken it, they would better understand what so many people have gone through. Why risk your nervous and cardiovascular systems if there is no real need to? Elavil is always a viable option for depression, and we know that that is safe. The truth about Effexor is just now beginning to surface. I cannot understand why you would encourage people to take a risk with their health when they are coming to a website asking for information, any information that might prevent their having a problem in the future.
Bebe
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