Posted by cubbybear on April 12, 2003, at 5:11:58
In reply to Re: Paxil withdrawal article and lawsuit » Larry Hoover, posted by Dysfunk on April 11, 2003, at 19:21:53
I fully DISAGREE!! The withdrawal symptoms from Paxil (which I've only read about) are unlike anything ever encountered in any anti-depressant. God knows how many thousands of people are suffering because they simply CAN'T QUIT this drug.
At first, the doctors weren't even familiar with the withdrawal problems, and GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer, appeared to do everything it could to evade responsibility for not alerting patients in a fair manner. (Try reading "Prozac Backlash" by Dr. Joseph Glenmullen for more horror stories.)
By way of analogy--this is not an issue like "to smoke or not to smoke," in which people who have lung cancer are suing the tobacco companies, when it was the patient himself who made the free decision to smoke.
In the case of Paxil, it's about people who were greatly suffering in the first place, and consulted a trusted physician who recommended a product to eliminate the suffering. It's not a simple matter of free choice. It's a matter of corporate and physician responsibility.
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