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Re: No hope in more useless drugs to test on us

Posted by rvanson on March 25, 2007, at 19:23:02

In reply to Re: No hope in more useless drugs to test on us, posted by KayeBaby on March 23, 2007, at 19:05:27

> My neuropsych mentioned that he took Merital until it was removed. I asked him why it was removed and he told me that it could cause a high fever and the when people would experience this rare side effect the Dr's wouldn't know what was causing it or what to do.
>
> I said that now they would know and stop the drug. I don't recall that it was fatal or common.
> I said that there are worse side effects from currently used drugs and that it didn't seem to make much sense. My Doc shrugged.
>
> He liked the drug personally.
>
> Is it still in use in other countries?


No, it is not available anywhere, to my knowledge.

A few people came down with hemolytic anemia, so died and it was decided by the hacks at the FDA to pull it off the shelves after only two months of availability here in the US.

The FDA has a lot of clout in the western world and the other countries followed in the ban on Merital even though it was in use in Europe before release in the USA.

The fatal side-effects of Merital were very rare, much more so then other drugs like the anti-pain medication, Vioxx, which was banned recently because of many more fatalities then Merital ever had.

Merital was a quite effective medication, worked quite fast and had little or no sexual side-effects (in fact it was pro-sexual for many) and was well tolerated by many who could not stay on the other tricyclic anti-depressants for long, due to anti-colinergic/anti-histamine reactions.

Needless to say, I was one of these unlucky people, who found myself S-O-L without my helpful medication, Merital.


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