tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post3754799903829135969..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: GSK Marketed Paxil Heavily to Pregnant Women Though It Causes Birth DefectsJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-86562607472616358172009-08-09T16:13:08.862-04:002009-08-09T16:13:08.862-04:00Scott,
Actually I had read about her speech.
Bu...Scott,<br /><br />Actually I had read about her speech. <br /><br />But you are right that after a decade of completely ignoring the patient's interests, there are many dozens of drugs on the market and it would take years for even the best intentioned regulators to figure out which ones are harming people.<br /><br />And the money pouring in from the drug companies to congress may well Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-66086018929321973572009-08-09T15:41:03.960-04:002009-08-09T15:41:03.960-04:00Did you catch Fed Chief Margaret Hamburg's spe...Did you catch Fed Chief Margaret Hamburg's speech the other day about enforcement? (see http://www.fdli.org/conf/09/fda-commissioner/ for both a webcast and a transcript) ... it is clear that for too long, thanks to the 1992 User-Fee Act which reallocated a majority of funds to come from industry rather than taxpayers, the FDA has viewed itself as a "partner" to the drug and Scott Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286529314567223617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-60437932476811776732009-08-09T14:45:38.539-04:002009-08-09T14:45:38.539-04:00Thanks for drawing attention to this story. The ra...Thanks for drawing attention to this story. The ramifications of these drugs on our world are not fully understood but something tells me you are on the right trail once again.Peter Atwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246505554623368895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-34761968639302241702009-08-09T13:33:21.931-04:002009-08-09T13:33:21.931-04:00I took Paxil from 1992-2000. Getting off Paxil req...I took Paxil from 1992-2000. Getting off Paxil required a 4 year (!!) withdrawal process. Every tiny reduction in dose resulted in headaches, nausea, extreme vertigo and mental instability. When I was down to one pill every eight days, I quit completely and went through three months of disabling hell. I had a friend who went to Russia and forgot his Paxil at home, and he was in such bad shape Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723061384682934999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-28201871522598297632009-08-08T15:33:57.059-04:002009-08-08T15:33:57.059-04:00One more point. There are drugs that are necessar...One more point. There are drugs that are necessary--usually those prescribed for severe conditions, like lithium, where if you stop taking them you can lose contact with reality and behave in ways that are dangerous to yourself and others. <br /><br />If you have that kind of mental condition, you may have to take drugs to avoid psychotic break. But I saw almost every one of my teenaged Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-46262192087138970902009-08-08T15:30:56.590-04:002009-08-08T15:30:56.590-04:00Lisa,
I don't keep a close eye on the depress...Lisa,<br /><br />I don't keep a close eye on the depression meds except for the well-known ability of some to worsen insulin resistance in many people. <br /><br />When I was pregnant I even cut out coffee because it wasn't clear if it was harmful to the fetus. Given the huge amount of obfuscation and manipulation of study data re all the antidepressants, I personally would avoid them allJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-14522406618727493432009-08-08T15:20:01.100-04:002009-08-08T15:20:01.100-04:00Jenny my doctor pressed me to take Pristiq for dep...Jenny my doctor pressed me to take Pristiq for depression despite my plans for pregnancy. I did enough research to confirm my suspicions that this would be foolish. I'm taking Wellbutrin instead, but am not fully comfortable that it's safe for pregnancy. Have you run into any research that discusses the effects of norepi-dopamine reuptake inhibitors on fetuses? My instincts tell me toLisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069443343189587015noreply@blogger.com