Posted by Squiggles on June 7, 2007, at 16:42:32
In reply to Re: The right to non-compliance, posted by linkadge on June 7, 2007, at 16:26:45
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> As another topic, Tracy Johnson, a girl with no history of depression commited suicide when having to go through the hell of duloxetine withdrawl. Lots of people admit to feeling worse upon withdrawl of meds than they ever did prior to starting the medications.
...........Yes, it could be withdrawal. Tracy's death was so sad. I was very disturbed to read about it.
I'm not sure that withdrawal can be so sudden though, for suicide. I think it takes a week or so? Nor do i think that lithium after 6 months was withdrawal, but it's likely that it was below therapeutic level at that point. The symptoms were almost identical for what I was given it for in the first time. To stretch things, for your explanation, you would have to match those withdrawal symptoms after 6 months with the suspect withdrawal symptoms of Valium taken sporadically and not very often.I can't say for sure I know what was going on pharmacologically. One things seems sure though, and from a clinical point of view, relevant to one's health-- discontination is risky.
As for the greedy pharm companies- all corporations are greedy- that's why we have the FDA.
Squiggles
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