Destroying a drug that has actually helped people with real problems will f**k up those peoples’ lives and the lives of those around them. What are you going to do for these people that need this drug? Tell them to do without, like elder care under Obamacare? Is there any medication that doesn’t have risks?
"Sertraline shares the common side effects and contraindications of other SSRIs, with high rates of nausea, diarrhea, insomnia, and sexual side effects; however, it does not cause weight gain, and its effects on both cognition and vigilance are relatively mild. In pregnant women taking sertraline, the drug was present in significant concentrations in fetal blood, and was also associated with a higher rate of various birth defects. Similarly to other antidepressants, the use of sertraline for depression may be associated with a higher rate of suicidality."
You know, little things like that ... makes one feel so much happier ...
I guess if it was on 60 minutes it must be true. /s
It is about time to start class action lawsuits against these parasite lawyers. Anyone whose loved one dies because they stop taking the drug after hearing about this crap ought to sue the hell out of this attorney and his client.
'Super' enzyme protects against dangers of oxygen
Scientists trick iron-eating bacteria into breathing electrons instead
First-Ever Guidelines for Children With Diabetes (type 2!)
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Oh, it works, all right. Don’t take it for 3 days, and it gives you the “brain zaps” (bursts of heightened anxiety with a physiological tingling effect in the head). Someone very close to me experiences it.
Every FReeper should listen to this podcast on Big Pharma.
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/11/angell_on_big_p.html
Angell’s left of center, but Roberts holds her to reason. Her biggest revelation is the capture of the FDA by Big Pharma.
They no longer have to show all their study results and research universities sponsored by them cannot even see the results. That’s not good at all.
We need more transparency and an end to regulatory capture.
The other issue she brings up is that the government pays the same for a drug prescription as they do for talk-therapy. Talk-therapy is as effective as the drug, yet a psychiatrist can write 4-5 scrips in the time it takes to have a single session. Government has messed up all the incentives in the system.