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DO NOT SUDDENLY QUIT ANY SSNRI, SSRI or MAOI!
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If you or someone you know has been put thru hell by antidepressants, then you are aware of how these drugs can cause negative effects. You may not be aware of how dangerous these drugs can be, or of how corrupt the FDA and the entire drug industry have become. You may not be aware of the astonishing profits these companies are hauling in, or of how the industry buys more advertising then any other industry. (The media tends to resist biting the hand that feeds.)

The FDA receives and is now dependent on major funding (User Fees) from drug manufacturers. Many FDA members have deep pocket connections to the pharmaceutical companies. Members who are honest have been forced to be whistle blowers in order to get information out about dangerous drugs! It seems that it is only after information becomes public that the FDA acts to protect the public.

Prescription drugs are now one of the nation's leading killers!
source: Consumer Reports. The number of people needlessly hurt or killed by prescription drugs has become staggering. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that in one year, over two million patients suffered serious drug reactions, resulting in 106,000 deaths. Another article in JAMA estimated that only 1 in 20 reactions are reported.

In 1999 a study conducted by Adrian Preda, M.D.; Rebecca W. MacLean, M.D.; Carolyn M. Mazure, Ph.D.; and Malcolm B. Bowers, Jr., M.D. found that 8.1% of Psychiatric Admissions to hospitals were due to Antidepressant-Associated Mania and Psychosis (J Clin Psychiatry 2001;62:30-33). The number must be higher now because the numbers of people taking antidepressants has risen significantly.

The Royal College of General Practitioners reports that the pharmaceutical industry encourages the unnecessary prescribing of costly drugs and overemphasizes the dangers of mild conditions such as: anxiety, mild depression, slightly-elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol and osteoporosis. Doctors are now receiving much of their drug information from the drug makers. Most doctors seem to have no idea how corrupt the industry has become.

Drug makers are allowed to hide many drug studies from the FDA, the doctors and the public, showing only the studies they choose to show. Drug companies have repeatedly been caught hiding data, using false advertising and many other underhanded methods to sell drugs. And yet when they are caught they receive a slap on the wrist, (relative to profits.) On top of all that, drug makers have attempted to harass and discredit some of the doctors who have publicly stood up to them.

A recent Columbia University study has shown that children and adolescents (aged 6-18 years) who had committed suicide, were significantly more likely to have been on antidepressants!

The Product Information Leaflet (PIL) for venlafaxine (Effexor) now recognises aggression and homicidal ideation (At times leading to violence) as a side effect of effexor.

In a series of historic warnings in 2004, the FDA has asserted that "adult and pediatric patients" on antidepressants can develop an array of side effects, including "anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, impulsivity, akathisia (severe restlessness), hypomania, and mania" that may make them suicidal "when the dose either increases or decreases," that is whenever the dose changes.
Reference: "The Antidepressant Solution" by Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.

78% of Effexor users will experience withdrawal. Because of a half life of 5 hr.s withdrawal can start after one missed dose. This can be dangerous when people are in circumstances where they can not get the medication such as emergency situations. More then ten thousand people have signed the Effexor petition. The Prozac petition has over 16,000 signatures.

ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL

Drug makers claim that antidepressants are not “habit forming” but fail to mention that all antidepressants can cause withdrawal. People often do not realize that withdrawal is causing their symptoms.

Gradual dose reduction (also know as tapering) will alleviate symptoms for most people. (For many people the reduction in dose needs to be in miniscule amounts requiring the painstaking cutting and measuring of medication.) And yet most doctors do not know the proper methods for withdrawal and fail to fully warn patients. Failure to come off antidepressants properly, can result in permanent WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.

ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.

1. Crying spells
2. Worsened mood
3. Low energy (fatigue, lethargy, malaise)
4. Trouble concentrating
5. Insomnia or trouble sleeping
6. Change in appetite
7. Suicidal thoughts
8. Suicide attempts
9. Anxious, nervous, tense
10. Panic attacks (racing heart, breathless)
11. Chest pain
12. Trembling, jittery,or shaking
13. Irritability
14. Agitation (restlessness, hyperactivity)
15. Impulsivity
16. Aggressiveness
17. Self-harm
18. Homicidal thoughts or urges
19. Confusion or cognitive difficulties
20. Memory problems or forgetfulness
21. Elevated mood (feeling high)
22. Mood swings
23. Manic-like reactions
24. Auditory hallucinations
25. Visual hallucinations
26. Feeling detached or unreal
27. Excessive or intense dreaming
28. Nightmares
29. Flu-like aches and pains
30. Fever
31. Sweats
32. Chills
33. Runny nose
34. Sore eyes
35. Nausea
36. Vomiting
37. Diarrhea
38. Abdominal pain or cramps
39. Stomach bloating
40. Disequilibrium
41. Spinning, swaying, lightheaded
42. Hung over or waterlogged feeling
43. Unsteady gait, poor coordination
44. Motion sickness
45. Headache
46. Tremor
47. Numbness, burning, or tingling
48. Electric zap-like sensations in the brain
49. Electric shock-like sensations in the body
50. Abnormal visual sensations
51. Ringing or other noises in the ears
52. Abnormal smells or tastes
53. Drooling or excessive saliva
54. Slurred speech
55. Blurred vision
56. Muscle cramps, stiffness, twitches
57. Feeling of restless legs
58. Uncontrollable twitching of mouth

78% of effexor users will experience withdrawal.
This can happen with one missed dose. paxil 66% zoloft 60%
Reference: “The Antidepressant Solution”
by Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.
We have no connection with Dr. Glenmullen

PLEASE get educated about the dangers posed by antidepressants and other legal drugs.
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