Posted by gapsgal on May 26, 2006, at 13:32:30
In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal - Publicity » SLS, posted by secretme on May 26, 2006, at 12:41:10
I am with you all the way! I have sent in to several different papers in my state and plan to go further...I have also reported this to the FDA. They should not be allowed to do this to people and then pretend they didnt.
> Cymbalta needs to be taken off the market. The FDA waited to take Vioxx off the market until patients were being hit with heart conditions. There may even have been some deaths. For some reason, people do not consider anti-depressants as "dangerous" because science knows so much less about how the brain works than the heart or kidneys or lungs. So really, they have no firm data as to why they work or what the long-term effects will be. (Said to my son by the psychiatrist: "we don't know why Cymbalta helps people with OCD, but it does." -- over my dead body!)
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> I worked for the WSJ for 15 years. Before sending any letters or persuasive information for printing, it's a good idea to make lists of side effects and withdrawal symptoms and why we believe this medication should be taken off the market. The information has to be sucsinct and addressed to a reporter who will follow it through. This will take a few telephone calls to The Times or any local newspaper. Once you have a name, call the reporter to find out if he/she is interested in the information. Then don't let up on them. There are a bunch of us here who will be good sources of information and corroboration for the demonic Cymbalta problems. When I took this medication, I was sick while on it. My psychiatrist did everything to convince me I needed a gastroenterologist or cardiologist or endocrinologist, etc., to help me with my complaints; they were not, he said, related to Cymbalta. He never even took my blood pressure during those 15 minute office visits, and my BP continued to go up despite taking three BP medications. Cymbalta did nothing for me but make me sick while I was on it and worse when I tried to get off it. My psychiatrist's explanation just encouraged me to allow him to INCREASE the dose of this terrible stuff. Was I less depressed while taking Cymbalta? I had too many other physical problems to even think about depression. It reminds me of the old gag line, "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" Time to get rid of this drug and hold the pharmaceutical company AND THE FDA accountable for their actions. Anyone read Mother Jones or even Newsweek? Find out how the pharmaceutical companies only show the positive clinical trials to the FDA -- believe it or not, there is legislation that recently passed FORCING these bums to show the results of ALL CLINICAL TRIALS, not just the ones that make their medication look good for marketing.
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