Posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2009, at 10:07:16
In reply to Re: Are the drugs that we're taking killing us?, posted by Andy Behrman on May 30, 2009, at 20:01:53
> But it's NOT accpetable that one person dies from a drug like Abilify - - and BMS has to be accountable.
It is unacceptable that the drug might be blamed for any deaths. The blood sugar irregularities are quite manageable with proper medical care.
In a less specific sense, it is far too easy to blame a drug manufacturer for a previously unrecognized severe side effect, particularly one with very low incidence.
But why focus on this one drug? Why interpret the situation so harshly? Non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are responsible for the deaths of 16,500 people each year in the United States. Depending on your age, the risk of dying from using them can be as high as 1 in every 647 people. Nobody thinks twice about taking a headache tablet, or chronic use for arthritis pain, and neither has the deadly consequences that might be associated with untreated major mental illness.
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag/nsae/nsae.html
Lar
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