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Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 22, 2005, at 8:06:34
From BBC news health website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4172482.stm
Meri-Tuuli
Posted by Sonya on August 22, 2005, at 8:21:29
In reply to 'Seroxat (paroxetine) and suicide risk', posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 22, 2005, at 8:06:34
I was on Paxil in January 2004 for two weeks. It made me acutely suicidal. When I told my pdoc how I couldn't stop thinking about suicide, he immediately took me off the drug. I was NOT suicidal before I took Paxil.
Posted by ed_uk on August 22, 2005, at 15:00:18
In reply to Re: 'Seroxat (paroxetine) and suicide risk', posted by Sonya on August 22, 2005, at 8:21:29
Posted by linkadge on August 23, 2005, at 16:26:06
In reply to Re: 'Seroxat (paroxetine) and suicide risk', posted by Sonya on August 22, 2005, at 8:21:29
Paxil made me feel that way too. High dose of any SSRI always made me feel suicidal.
Linkadge
Posted by denise190466 on August 24, 2005, at 10:39:39
In reply to 'Seroxat (paroxetine) and suicide risk', posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 22, 2005, at 8:06:34
This really annoys me, they're always going on in the papers about how Seroxat makes you suicidal, when the chance are if Seroxat makes you suicidal then so too will Prozac and so will Zooloft and any other SSRI.
It also annoys me how they keep trying to take it off the market when it can be so helpful when it works. What should really happen is the Doctors should monitor the patients more after they've prescribed it. So they should actually ring the patient a couple of days after the patient starts taking the drug to check they're ok.
Denise
Posted by ed_uk on August 24, 2005, at 14:34:12
In reply to Why do they always pick on Seroxat?, posted by denise190466 on August 24, 2005, at 10:39:39
Hi Denise,
It annoys me too, Seroxat has received much more publicity than the other SSRIs in the UK... mainly due to the Panorama documentary 'Secrets of Seroxat'.
Seroxat is seriously 'out of fashion' among GPs in the UK.... it was the most popular SSRI at one point, not anymore. Citalopram, Cipralex, Lustral, fluoxetine and Efexor are more popular at the moment.
Efexor hasn't received any publicity yet....... it will do though. There'll probably be a documentary about it's withdrawal symptoms at some point.
Sure.... Seroxat has withdrawal symptoms..... but so does Efexor, so does Lustral. The media seems to think it's unique.
Yeah, it might make you suicidal.... but Prozac, Cipramil, TCAs etc can do the same.
>What should really happen is the Doctors should monitor the patients more after they've prescribed it.
I agree, very important.
Kind regards
~Ed
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on August 24, 2005, at 15:13:00
In reply to Re: Why do they always pick on Seroxat? » denise190466, posted by ed_uk on August 24, 2005, at 14:34:12
Hey
I think its just awful that the media just picks up the bad bits (about anything!) without a balanced viewpoint, but I guess thats the point, otherwise nobody would buy papers! Or at least the vast majority of people. Sigh.
I definately believe that SSRIs make people more suicidal - well they did me anyway. But anyway.....it just saddens me all this hype regarding this drug. It makes people scared of getting meds that would otherwise help them. But doesn't do anything for the stigma attached to mental illnes.......
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