Posted by yxibow on September 24, 2006, at 21:14:48
In reply to Re: high dose Zoloft, posted by linkadge on September 24, 2006, at 10:11:52
> >I can attest, but they are still in the "rare" >category which usually means less than 1 in 100
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> My second point was that, "rare" is a medical term used to denote the *reported* cases of an event. It may or may not accurately quanitify the problem.
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> LinkadgeExactly, I wasn't arguing. There are always unreported "Phase IV" issues. The FDA encourages drug reports and I'm sure EMEA does too, but not everything gets reported, for a variety of reasons, including that people still want a medication on the market for their symptoms even if the side effects are unpleasant as it is the only thing out there. (Just a guess.)
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