Posted by linkadge on February 16, 2006, at 15:38:39
In reply to Re: Suicide on Effexor, posted by lifetime on February 16, 2006, at 13:32:47
It would be appreciated if you try and condense your views into a smaller portions. I am finding it difficult to grasp the coherance in so many seemingly unrelated points.
Anyhow, on the topic of Brittain's prescribing restrictions.
http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/03/12/15.php
At current, what are U.S. doctors required to do with regards to the potential for drugs to induce suicidiality in youth? A doctor may get away with one sentence, in the description of the drug's potential hazards.Nobody is saying that the drugs should be banned, but there needs to be a stronger action plan for monitoring the use of these drugs. In my own case, I have been prescribed a months worth of drugs, and a 2-4 minaute follow-up maybe once every 6 weeks. That is crap. That is a recipe for diaster in my oppinion, *especially* in teens who are going to be in a place of increasing danger due to their often absent parent-child relationships.
Why should you expect a depressed person to be so motivated as to the safety of their treatement? They are depressed - ie. they want to die, and they don't give a crap to begin with. What you are expecting of the suicidal patient doesn't make sence. Its like asking an Alzheimer's patient to *remember* to take their memory pills - its a situation that is flawed from the get-go.
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