Posted by scott-d-o on December 16, 2003, at 9:50:44
In reply to Re: how did it get this bad? » scott-d-o, posted by KellyD on December 16, 2003, at 7:33:35
> > Who thinks its because companies that hold SSRI's on patent are whispering "benzo's are addictive, prescribe more SSRI's," over and over into their ears?
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> ~ Money does get attention in these matters.
>Thanks for the response, my personal opinion is that the above is the *main* reason although they all have contributed something. It seems a majority of the drugs currently under patent never get labeled with addiction like the benzodiazepines do. However, I see more people on this board complaining of withdrawl from Effexor, yet I have never seen any claims of it being addictive, and pdocs will hand them out like they could cause no more harm than a tic-tac. Yes, you could say Effexor is prescribed more often now, but it is also a relatively new drug so people withdrawling from it have not been on it very long. Whereas with Klonopin I have seen people at the same dose for over 20 years who were then able to taper off *very slowly* with minimal side effects. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I am positive there is way too much going on 'under the table' here and a lot of it involves money. I'm sure the situation currently going on with the lawsuit against the manufacturer of Neurontin that accuses them of rewarding doctors for writing the most prescriptions goes on more often than not, but someone who should be doing something about it is turning their head the other way and getting paid to do so.
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