Posted by Lou Pilder on May 27, 2013, at 6:51:50
In reply to Re: At a dead end- stop meds or switch. » Lou Pilder, posted by SLS on May 27, 2013, at 6:10:49
> > http://www.decp.org/experts/DrugChart.pdf
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> Nice try.
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> I actually came across this chart before I submitted my last post. It is wrong. All antidepressants are listed as CNS depressants, including Wellbutrin. This is an unfortunate example of misinformation. The chart was established by the Los Angeles police department in the early 1970s to justify their DWI (driving while intoxicated) program. They are far from being a definitive source of pharmacological information, despite their claiming support by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It really is an amusing website as it is an example of fabricating "facts" and claiming expertise to fit an agenda - convictions.
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> Any other citations?
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> - ScottFriends,
It is written here that the chart of the category that the drugs are in was written in the 1970s by the Los Angeles Police dept.
But I say to you readers, that Effexor was not put on the market in the US until 1993.
So those of you that are trying to make a more informed decision as to drug your child or yourself with these drugs, take heed that you get all the facts, facts that could mark the difference between being a live person or a corpse. The chart in the link is from Washington, not Los Angeles. And anyway, you can go to Drugs.com and use their interaction checker to see for yourselves how they list the two drugs. They have two features of the interaction checker and use the "professional" feature.
Lou
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