Posted by dancingstar on March 24, 2007, at 17:05:22
In reply to Re: Sudden Effexor Withdrawal, posted by FredPotter on March 17, 2007, at 2:53:10
Fred,
I'm so sorry you and all are in pain. I stopped taking Effexor in Sept. of '04. The doctors have now known about this for a long time. Wyeth has known about it for what seems like a very long time now, truly, if my research has not been deleted; and yet they prescribe the drug to very many people who never had depression, like me, for pain and symptoms of all sorts of other things, knowing it is potentially very problematic.
After two years, I'm mostly well now, but it's not the same. I was never depressed -- unless something sad happened -- until I took Effexor. Now I have annoying symptoms, like having trouble leaving home. Effexor, as you should know, is a multi-billion dollar business for Wyeth. What they have done is sinful.
I was told that the family pracice quack that put me on E for back pain and fatigue seems to be in jail. I have no idea why. A formerly health-conscious man, I hear he has gotten fat and has lost his teeth. All of this means nothing to me. The part that made me smile is that I hear he is now being given Effexor. That, I must say, is sweet justice.
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