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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: John StaffordJohn Stafford Date: Jul 31, 2008 11:24
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:49:10 -0500, John Stafford winona.edu>
> wrote:>>> It's no worse than withdrawing from any addictive medicine. Slowly lower
>>> the dose instead of cold turkey and quiting antipressants is pretty much
>>> harmless.
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>> You don't know what you are talking about. You are wrong about being able to
>> lower doses. It is not like a rheostat, or emptying a vessel. Change to the
>> system are catastrophic. Do you understand what catastrophic means?
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> I've quit two different antidepressants. There is nothing catastrophic.
> How about posting some cites instead of talking out your ass.
Effexor XR. You certainly shouldn't expect Wyeth to publish an entire study
of their drug. They use Black Box level warnings. MHRA has given more
strident consideration to withdrawal (discontinuation) issues than the FDA,
and even then they take the average metric and only add a buzz-word their
physicians recognize as a dire warning. It remains that for some people on
high doses for a long period of time (for example, 18 months) have such
profound withdrawal effects and for such a long time (a year or more) that
going back on the drug is a requisite; they are on it for life.
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