Posted by lucie lu on October 25, 2008, at 11:24:03
In reply to Re: meds 'causing' depression?, posted by elanor roosevelt on October 25, 2008, at 1:20:58
> i think neurontin is nasty stuff
> made me feel bad enough so that it took me long time to figure out i deserved to stop taking it
> thought they were going to pull it off the market a few years backIt seems to me that Pfizer has made a fortune off something with no proven usefulness and that potentially causes some nasty side effects. I know any med can have side effects but the gain-risk ratio for neurontin seems strikingly low. I heard (didn't read) a recent study that suggested that neurontin does absolutely nothing better than a placebo. Someone should write a book about drugs like these.
Thanks for posting!
Lucie
p.s. My apologies to anyone who feels neurontin has helped them. Individual brain chemistries vary so much. If the study population is very large, the few people who really have been helped by neurontin would tend to get lost in the statistics.
poster:lucie lu
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