Posted by gilbert on June 13, 2001, at 20:34:59
In reply to Re: Seroxat / Paxil newpaper article in UK..., posted by SalArmy4me on June 13, 2001, at 19:04:02
> You can't believe everything you read...Newspapers are interested in making money too, you know.
Do you really think this is the kind of story that will get a newspaper rich in England. Maybe if Prince Edward could not get off paxil. I don't think this would make the front page here let alone England. If the story is false then Smith KKline can sue the beejeezzuss out of the newspaper for libel. I don't think too many papers want to willingly face the legal team of a pharmaceutical company it's like fighting the chinese on land man for man.The real issue here is over and over on this board when someone posts something bad about drugs we like or are using we always dismiss the negative without even really looking at the possibility it may be true. That would make us too uncomfortable. I don't want to know or hear bad things about the drug I am taking especially if it working. This is never more prevalent then with ssri use. Everytime someone posts some lawsuit or bit of data that even slightly questions the safety or long term use of ssri's everyone dismisses it as hogwash, or they were just trying to sell papers, or the study was inconclusive, or the drug helps me so screw them. Let's not be so naive to think that the meds we take are not without a cost. Maybe the cost to you isn't the same as the next person but does that always invalidate their experiences. It scares to think that my drug xanax has so much bad press. I don't want to believe most of it but deep down I know some of it is true. So Salarmy4me I know you from your posts and you seem quite bright. I seriuosly can't beleive that you honestly beleive newspapers are less trustworthy than pharmaceutical companies. My betting dollar is on the fact that for some people these drugs have very bad consequences including the drug I take xanax. I refuse to bury my head in the sand and always dismiss the bad news about these drugs simply so that I can feel comfortable taking them. WE shuld be uncomfortable taking them, it is healthy to question, it is wise to be cautious, rhather than constantly being lemmings running off the cliffs maybe we should open a blind eye once in a while.....who knows maybe it will force a better product to be produced, maybe it will force a safer alternative.
Gil
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