Posted by Karen's World on September 14, 2008, at 16:51:35
In reply to Re: SSRI's and Osteoporosis » Karen's World, posted by Racer on September 14, 2008, at 14:08:43
Sorry, I did not mean to insult anyone's intelligence here (or put my own up for scrutiny). When a drug company lists the possible side effects of a drug, those side effects have not always been proven by the scientific method. They are usually listed as a result of a study where certain variables are controlled, but not all. Its just not always feasible to do that.
Also, I certainly don't take everything at face value that my doctor says. That's the very reason that I read and post on this message board!
In fact, I had been suspicious of his motives all along...first prescribing birth control pills to control my depression (Boy, was that a flop. Even though I stayed on Celexa, they still made me depressed, so quit them pronto). Then, he prescribed the Nuva Ring (birth control) when my bone scan showed osteopenia last year - another flop. He also tried to push Fosamax on me at that time, but I didn't take it. So, yes, it appears that the birth control drug companies and
the bone drug companies might possibly have him in their hip pocket. I don't know for sure, but did switch doctors. The new one had not heard about the ssri/osteoporosis link. However, its still in the back of my mind and I did find articles about it on the internet.I'm not going to immediately dump my Celexa, that's for sure. I just wanted some feedback from others to see if anyone else had experienced this or had any thoughts about it. I was also curious about the TCA's. I appreciate your post.
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