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Umm... If the husband was depressed (aka suicidal) enough to take an anti-depressant drug, then he was depressed enough to harm himself, no? So, if anything, sue because the drug didn't work, but don't sue claiming that the drug caused the suicide. I mean, duh.

Kimberley K. Witczak said her husband, Timothy, 37, committed suicide last year after taking the antidepressant drug Zoloft for five weeks. "I do not believe in frivolous lawsuits," Ms. Witczak said, "but it's ridiculous that the government is filing legal briefs on the side of drug companies when it's supposed to be protecting the public. My husband would be alive today if he had received adequate warnings about the risk of self-harm." Umm... If the husband was depressed (aka suicidal) enough to take an anti-depressant drug, then he was depressed enough to harm himself, no? So, if anything, sue because the drug didn't work, but don't sue claiming that the drug caused the suicide. I mean, duh.

FINALLY, someone who GETS IT!!!

Of course you are right. Major Depression is an often fatal disease. The medicines are 65%-85% effective. The other 15%-35% get no relief, and the depression often then takes it normal course, which can on occasion lead to death by suicide.

Are they going to sue the antibiotic makers because people die of infections despite being on meds? (answer... yes if they can find crooked judges and get away with it!!)