This is severe disinformation from the CCHR, the so-called Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights, which is really a Scientology front group.
From Wiki: The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) has been described by critics as a Scientology front group that campaigns against psychiatry and psychiatrists. It was established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology. The organization holds that mental illness is not a medical disease and that the use of psychiatric medication is a destructive and fraudulent practice. The organization links psychiatry or psychiatrists to school shootings, mass murders, eugenics, and terrorism. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, CCHR promulgated a conspiracy theory assigning responsibility for the attacks to Ayman al-Zawahiri, alleging that as Osama bin Laden’s personal psychiatrist, he was the principal mastermind behind the attacks and had brainwashed bin Laden using pain, drugs and hypnosis.
Suboxone is NOT a drug given for psychiatric problems. It is NOT an anti-depressant. It is NOT an SSRI
It is given to help overcome heroin and other heavy drug addictions. It is not a psychiatric behavior or thought process drug. Roof was already a heavy duty heroin junkie long before he may have been given Suboxone.
Junkies need no help or additional drugs to do crazy things.
Trying to blame this on Suboxone in an admitted heroin addict is like being worried that someone might shoot you with a BB gun when they have already shot you with a .45.
It’s side effects do not involve bizarre or violent behavior, in fact, the opposite, such as the cited “relaxed and calm feeling”:
More common
Cough or hoarseness
feeling faint, dizzy, or lightheaded
feeling of warmth or heat
fever or chills
flushing or redness of the skin, especially on the face and neck
headache
lower back or side pain
painful or difficult urination
sweating
Incidence not known
Bloating or swelling of the face, arms, hands, lower legs, or feet
rapid weight gain
tingling of the hands or feet
unusual weight gain or loss
If any of the following symptoms of overdose occur while taking buprenorphine / naloxone, get emergency help immediately:
Symptoms of overdose
Blurred vision
confusion
difficult or troubled breathing
dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a lying or sitting position
drowsiness
irregular, fast, slow, or shallow breathing
pale or blue lips, fingernails, or skin
pinpoint pupils
relaxed and calm feeling
sleepiness
unusual tiredness or weakness
Some buprenorphine / naloxone side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:
More common
Abdominal or stomach pain
difficulty having a bowel movement (stool)
lack or loss of strength
nausea
pain
trouble sleeping
vomiting
Less common
Back pain
diarrhea
runny nose
sneezing
stuffy nose
Thank you. Some needed common sense about Suboxone. The symptoms the article lists would be more like withdrawal symptoms.
I’ve been trying to explain this, but these experts writing these articles are looking for something to blame.
This guy could have been taking any number of substances, but the only one he was caught with did not cause him to go into a church, and kill 9 people.
It’s weird, but I think with the new “consensus”
is that these psychiatric medicines “caused”
the aberrant behavior all of a sudden.
What if the the psychoses and neuroses “caused” the
prescriptions to the psychiatric medicines, regardless
of their effectiveness?
In other words, people are on the meds because of
a problem that contributed to the aberrant behavior....
Informed insight appreciated.
My #19 may still apply though: he may have been on a benign mitigating drug, but it was still functioning in conjunction with one; from experience someone abruptly going off a mood/mind-altering drug can go completely apes#!^ in a hurry.