Yes, it is true that these meds are powerful and it is well known that just quitting those meds also cause problems-they need to be weaned off carefully.
However, I think that you should also be open minded. I am not talking about people who are bipolar and schizophrenic. My niece was married to a bipolar person who used to have a problem staying on his meds. That is NOT the problem I’m reading about or writing about.
The cases I’ve been reading about are not bipolar nor schizophrenic. These are people or kids who go to their GP or other a mental health professional with some anxiety, or a kid with ADHD etc and then a tragedy strikes-behavior that was not typical for the person-even though they were taking their meds.
In the first case that went to court, the Drug Company’s own data showed that people still on their meds, were having these problems. The FDA was not fully informed at the time the drug was approved. No effort had been made to determine why some of the people had a problem.
What I have suggested is that it be investigated further. While the PHARM companies usually just settle out of court, there have been recent cases where there was sufficient evidence that the plaintiffs have won settlement.
I just finished reading a legal brief regarding this where it was noted that evidence suggests that part of the problem might be that some apparently lack the ability to metabolize it correctly and it builds up to too much, and perhaps a compatibility test could be developed.
So what I am saying that there is ample evidence to show a correlation, and that should be investigated and tested to determine why that correlation exists. So I am open to whatever those results might be.
I know that I would never allow a kid of mine to be on these drugs after what I have read, most especially for a diagnosis of ADHD.
I totally agree with you.
I personally was involved in the original multi billion dollar suit where my client sued Johnson & Johnson for off label use of Risperidone in the elderly where it was black boxed in the PDR as dangerous. My client won in settlement as J & J paid over $3 billion and never admitted fault.
I’ve worked with veterans, especially one special forces guy who is still in prison after 5 years where the Army doped him up on benzodiazepines for years, along with that he has TBI and severe PTSD. Then the Army left him out on the street while still in the Warrior Transition Unit trying to transition from active duty to civilian life when he had a PTSD flashback incident with the police. He was shot four times, twice in the face and is locked up due to the Army’s screw ups.
His service duty was so severe that the judge stopped the testimony at his military discharge hearing stating, “I don’t want the people in this courtroom to get PTSD just from listening to the testimony from his peers on what this man went through in combat.
Benzo’s are the most dangerous.