Posted by Tabitha on July 30, 2016, at 11:56:26
In reply to Lou's response- » SLS, posted by Lou Pilder on July 30, 2016, at 8:31:54
> Let us look at this:
> Lou
> http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2012.00076/fullWell, I'm glad to notice the quality of your references is improving. This looks like it might actually be a legitimate study. So let's look at the summary:
"Sudden death of cardiac origin associated with the use of psychotropic drugs can occur in patients with pre-existing cardiopathies including ischemic, dilated, and hypertrophic cardiopathies. However, it is possible that psychotropic drugs can by themselves induce such pathological conditions."
Yikes, it would be a bad thing if people with pre-existing heart trouble ended up dying from their anti-depressants and anti-psychotics. If other studies confirmed this, then it would become general knowledge and doctors would need to check for pre-existing heart conditions before prescribing them, particularly for elderly patients.
But... isn't that kind of typical thing doctors do before prescribing any medication anyway? Is there reason to believe these medications are uniquely risky for people with pre-existing heart trouble as compared to other medications they might need? You'd probably need to consult actual doctors who have broad enough expertise to know how to proceed with treatment, instead of trying to interpret individual studies in the few open access journals by yourself.
Or you could just continue to be unreasonable, and take an individual study such as this and conclude OMG, psych meds are killerz!!! Say no to psych meds!!! Your choice really. Would be nice if you'd take your campaign someplace else though. It's not helping anyone here.
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