Posted by Lou Pilder on November 27, 2012, at 17:15:20
In reply to Re: Lou's response-lytbrgayd, posted by Willful on November 27, 2012, at 16:47:34
> One problem with using other people's experience, to diagnose one's own situation, is precisely that each one is one-off. The limitation of "anecdotal evidence" is that it's just that-- one instance in which something happened, not many instances in which something happened in a way that suggests wide application to other situation.
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> Why certain things happened when we took certain drugs is our own issue-- only when there's evidence that it's a common, or widespread reaction is it even worth evaluation whether it might happen to A, B, C, D etc.
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> All of us may have had negative experiences with one or another drugs, or bad reactions, which is different from having long-term, or permanent damage from them. I wouldn't be on the drugs I'm on now if the first-line treatments had worked for me-- obviously. And there are tons of studies showing that various pdrugs work for some people and not others.
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> That's why I would want to be very very cautious in suggesting that someone else consider that what happened to me might have happened to them-- much less "must have"-- no matter how much it sounds like the same thing. I don't say it's wrong to tell your story or to suggest a parallel-- but when it comes to long-term and rare reactions-- I would be very very very loathe to lay that on someone-- because if nothing else, our fears can sometimes be just as damaging as our hopes.
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> I'd like to see us be constructive-- and suggesting that I had some horrible reaction to a drug-- which is rare or unique as far as I know-- is just not constructive.
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> I know you're trying to help schleprock, but why someone has a recurrence of depression is a very difficult thing to know-- we all know these things are often hard to locate, even to experts, even to us ourselves and our pdocs, as much as they can help us.
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> I'd like to see hansi find something that helps him out of this crisis- but I think intensifying anyone's fears of permanent damage isn't going to help-- especially since it most likely isn't the case--
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> Willful,
One here IMHHO has a duty to post an adverse reaction that they had to a drug.
You see, if each person posted each bad reaction, then the questioner would have a better opportunity to make a more-informed decision as to take he drug or not.
Also, there is an accumulation of adverse reactions. Suppose one poster posted that they got TD from the drug and another a hert attack and another addiction and another diabetes nd such. Then the questioner could make a better decision as to if whatever it is to take the drug outweighs the risk. And if death is shown to be caued by the drug, then what benefit outweighs death?
Lou
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/abilify/death
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