Posted by Mireille on July 24, 2002, at 19:00:18
In reply to Re: Going off Effexor, thanks in part to you all!, posted by oracle on July 24, 2002, at 16:27:31
> I do not want any drug in my body that has not been tested long enough but that is put out on the market in a (typically American) attempt to sell, sell, sell the drug, never mind what its effects are...
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> None of this is true. Effexor has been out since 1995 and I have been on in since 1995. So there have been 7 years of people on it PLUS the many years in testing prior to its release.
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> Junk science is just that....junk
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Not true? Then why does this site exist? Are we all just badly educated? Tell me why, when I asked three different doctors if I could be on Effexor while pregnant, they each said: "Not enough tests have been performed, so we just don't know." They advise against it because they'd rather be safe than sorry. Shouldn't we know all the side effects before a drug goes on market?Hello - PremPro? Perfect example of a drug that - whoopsie-daisy!- wasn't tested enough before it hit the market? Fen-Phen also? (Or is it phen-fen?)
I'm a huge fan of science - so let's have more of it before we prescribe people drugs, that's all I'm saying.
poster:Mireille
thread:113537
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