Posted by dancingstar on February 18, 2006, at 1:58:11
In reply to Re: Suicide on Effexor, posted by Kneeko on February 16, 2006, at 5:54:03
Once the drug has hurt one as badly as many of us have been hurt -- and many have been hurt so much worse than I have -- we don't want to see anyone else ever again damaged as a result of having taken it. Even one lost life is too many. One life in pain as a result of having taking a drug that unknowingly harms that person is too many when the drug company knows the possibilites of these dangers and fails to adequately warn the the public and implies that their drug is inherently safe, no matter what good that drug may do for others. And who even knows what dangers these others will face down the line if the whole truth is not being told about the dangers of a drug in the first place?
If Effexor is to remain on the market at all, in my opinion its use should be strictly limited, and patients and their families warned about how dangerous it can be. As it stands now, it is being prescribed by all sorts of doctors throughout the medical community and handed out somewhat freely.
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