Posted by KaraS on January 7, 2005, at 15:01:26
In reply to Re: *More Effexor Problems* to be continued........ » KaraS, posted by dancingstar on January 7, 2005, at 0:54:45
> Kara,
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> Did you see that Phillipa is taking a survey just to get a very informal idea about whether there is any relationship between when antidepressants were started and thyroid issues? Even if there is, it doesn't necessarily indicate causation.
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> Even though healthy thyroid levels are known to assist people with mood disorders, I don't know what the survey really tells us, but it's kind of kewl to find out.
No, I didn't know that Phillipa was taking a survey. The problem is, since thyroid disease is so very common among women today, how can you possibly know what to make of the information that she receives? You can't know if those same people would have had thyroid problems had they not been on the meds. Perhaps the only way to get any meaningful scientific data here is to have a very large study spanning many years that measures rates of thyroid problems in both populations (those who take psychotropic meds and those who never have).You may very well be right about the link between these meds and thyroid problems but until you have hard data to back that up, I don't think it's fair for you to tell others with certainty that taking Effexor will cause them thyroid problems.
Kara
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