Posted by SLS on January 26, 2005, at 17:22:43
In reply to Re: A POSITIVE EFFEXOR XR EXPERIENCE~ » SLS, posted by dancingstar on January 26, 2005, at 10:41:41
> As it happens, Scott, I am familair with Ms. Gutierrez, who for your information, works with veterans at USC.
As it happens, I am familiar with a couple of doctors too, and, for your information, I have worked personally with people at the NIMH, NYU, Columbia, Harvard, Emory, and MUSC, to name a few. However, it is not important who I know so much as what I know. I am well-informed. Effexor is a good drug.
> All she has done in this instance is to summarize literature that has been previously published on Medline
Have you performed your own literature searches on Medline in an effort to find the kind of studies you think are relevant? Others have and found enough to have drawn their own conclusions and published them.
I'll try to save you some time by offering this link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&form=4&term=venlafaxine+blind&dispmax=200
I've done plenty enough for me to recognize the attributes of venlafaxine - both good and bad. I have concluded that it is a good drug. For some, it is the only drug that works.
> Unfortunately, she hasn't done her own research when she published this paper;
Why is this unfortunate? Someone's gotta do it.
> Worse yet, she may be responsible for thousands of young men returning from Iraq routinely being given Effexor unnecessarily.
I don't believe I am in a position to judge the clinical decisions reached for each of these thousands of young people to be able to comment.
> I certainly hope that this is not so, but it has been rumoured that our serviceman may routinely receive this drug on return from their tours of duty.
I'll keep my eye out for evidence of this. That's one heck of an accusation. Rumors?
> If you are the same Scott that has taken the drug for nine years and you are taking it with your full knowledge and consent, that is fine for you.
Excuse me. I doubt you have much of clue who I am. In any event, my identity is not at all relevant her.
> But it is not fine for people to be plyed with a drug that they know nothing about that is potentially very harmful.
Most doctors don't play. It is the job of the clinician to know about these drugs.
> I am not saying that I do not believe in antidepressants. I am saying that I believe in truth in advertising.
Not a bad policy.
> I have a real problem with the deception behind what has gone on here.
I'm not sure what the deception is. Can you be more specific?
Effexor is Effexor, regardless of the motivation behind its discovery and manufacture. I think it is important to judge the drug itself and not the people who advertise it.
- Scott
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