Posted by Althea8869 on February 10, 2004, at 21:41:02
In reply to Re: I'll testify against you, posted by Maxine on February 8, 2001, at 13:11:53
I hate to be the odd man out on this - so I'll through in my two cents. I went through the withdrawl and I CAN assure you it wasnt pretty, this was a year or so ago. However, clinically, Effexor is proving superior to many of the other AD's out there. Ask your doc's - dont you find it interesting how many people are complaining about the withdrawls - means a lo of folks are taking it...and I dont think its just because PD's are pushing it any more - the stuff just works. For me it was a miracle - it pooped out after three years, I tried it again, but to no effect. If Someone told me I could back on it and I would work the way it did before, Id gladly go through the withdrawl again and Id do it again.
Counterpoint - I also believe that the makers of effexor have completely failed in their attempts to educate doctors/consumers in the withdrawl effects. But I will bet you - that there is a very bright bio-pharm out their that is developing a drug solely for Effexor withdrawl. My port's bio-tech light so Im keeping my eyes out.
The only other point I would mention is that bringing this into a courtroom could prove absolutely fatal for many, many other benficial medications out there. I do think that there is a time and place when going before the bench has merit and value. I dont belive this to be one of those times.
Last, I would point out that advances in neurological understinding, neuro technology, bio-synthesis methods etc, are resulting in an understanding of the brain that even five years ago people would not have believed. This is where we should put our faith.Thanks for listening.
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