Posted by yxibow on February 2, 2007, at 23:38:48
In reply to Re: BBC SEROXAT investigation - any1 watch this???!!!, posted by deniseuk190466 on January 30, 2007, at 16:03:50
> I know that the Company was totally unethical in hiding such info butI have to say that I just get annoyed that they keep targetting Seroxat.
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> All Anti-depressants can cause Suicidal thoughts (not just Seroxat) and I imagine the other drug companies know this but choose not to divulge it so why keep harping on about Seroxat and not mention the other drugs as well???
I would tend to agree with most of the statements above... while we will never know the depth of any "sinister" coverups, all antidepressants have been CYA now with black boxes warning of possible suicidal behaviour.
But there is always the possibility of suicidal acts occurring regardless of the dose due to breakthrough depression. That doesn't make it any more or less tragic, and people also want somewhere to point to those cases.
That doctors were using it for minors falls in the responsibility of the doctors as well. Its a hard decision to say, well, I have a patient at 16 years old who is exhibiting signs of MDD, what do I do ethically?
I speak not for GSK, which makes a number of medications including BPH medications, protease inhibitors, antibiotics, AEDs such as Lamictal, and Wellbutrin/XR/etc, typical of a transnational corporation (it was a vertical merger of three well known old line drug corporations.)
We can shoot the messenger, but then what do we have left as "safe" medications. Just about all medications out there have side effects. And sometimes random occurrences that we have, have nothing to do but with the placebo syndrome that we know drug X will do this, and so we scrutinize the PDR when it may be something organic. Not to say it couldn't be the drug as well. I've had a few drugs and some side effects where its hard to say whether it is my disorder or the medication.-- tidings
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