Posted by bleauberry on August 18, 2012, at 9:08:17
In reply to Seroquel. Long term is it safe?, posted by Cee on August 16, 2012, at 22:17:57
Nothing is safe long term, not even life itself. By saying "safe", if you are talking life/death safeness, I don't see any long term significant risk there. There is always some with any med, but probably low in this case. If you are talking other forms of safe, such as movement disorders or nervous system disorders, then yeah, antipsychotics are well known for not being safe long term.
I went 8 years on zyprexa and it seemed safe enough, except for the permanent finger tremors it caused.
Sorry you don't trust your doctor, but I certainly hear you on that. My eyes have seen that they can be really good on a few isolated topics, but in general are rather disappointing and charge way too much money considering the lack of proof of expertness or results. They get paid a lot for "good intentions", regardless whether performance is respectable or not.
I see disappointments, or what I see as disappointments in many fields of medicine. For example, bladder and prostate are good targets for lyme related infections. How come my urinologist, as good as he is, knows absolutely nothing about lyme disease? He should, because it impacts the urinary system directly. Instead, they call symptoms "idiopathic", which means no explanation, when in fact there are explanations.
Or how about the ER doctor who gives a patient, me, 250mg Tetracycline as a prophylactic dose against possible lyme after he removed a tick from my leg. In the past I had taken 500mg 3 times a day for months and it barely scratched the surface in lyme, but he thinks a single dose of 250mg is going to do anythinig? And then he explained to me that is based on a study....a single study. Boggles the mind.
I could go on and on. Sorry, no disrespect intended to medical pros, just venting frustration and disappointment. I guess if those guys were paid $15 an hour instead of $200 an hour, then maybe it would all be more acceptable to me. I just can't see being paid that much when actual performance is kind of spotty and random.
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