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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!!)

Here's a thought to keep in mind--there's a new "Don't just sit there, sue somebody" commercial on the airwaves right now--trying to drum up plaintiffs for a classaction against some med for mental illness.

The whole commercial is a big scare-the-pants-off-you about the drug, then the end of the commercial says--"Do not stop taking any medication without consulting your doctor."

Heh. Could it be that we could go after the law firm for scaring people off their meds? Someone could see the commercial, stop taking their meds, then have some bad outcome. Wouldn't the law firm be liable for encouraging them to do exactly that?