Re: FDA SAYs

Posted by blueboy on June 23, 2008, at 9:52:33

In reply to Re: FDA SAYs » Phillipa, posted by Mc Comfortable on June 23, 2008, at 8:20:20

> There is much cross-over in psych and neuro meds it stands to reason we will hear more and more warnings like this. I think it's more due to the patient population that's taking the meds.
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> The media appears to act like suicide was invented by meds. [...]we are beginning to find not treating mental illness ALSO can cause suicide.
Ain't that the truth, LOL?
I had a pdoc who told me that suicide in depressives most often occurs when the person begins to feel better. Basically, they get enough energy to do something about it! That is one possible explanation for the "suicide risk" posed by AD's that official sources seem to ignore.
I don't believe the simplistic claim that AD's "cause" suicide just because some people (especially teenagers) start taking SSRI medication, then commit suicide. For one thing, it sounds like a "post hoc ergo prompter hoc" problem. Also, there's the matter of drug co's being worried about lawyers jumping in, before anyone knows what's really going on.
However, there is an inherent problem if a doctor sees a depressed teenager for 10 minutes, gives him a bottle of Prozac or whatever, and says "come back in three weeks". A black box warning isn't going to help in that case. What is needed is a better standard of care so that the patient receives monitoring and counseling.
They need to start treating depression in teenagers and young adults like what it is: A life-threatening illness.

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