Posted by dancingstar on December 26, 2004, at 17:03:25
In reply to Re: Ever tried cold turkey?, posted by ht on December 26, 2004, at 16:43:53
I'm as tough as they come on the medical community...but after seeing my own internist's reaction, with they way he thought he knew what to expect with my withdrawal, thinking that he has read up on Effexor and what it does and not realizing how many others of us were out there with really bad reactions until I personally showed him all the data;
Since I had been treating with him for all of the problems that have now subsided since I stopped taking Effexor for two years and neither of us could have known this because the info has been withheld from both patients and doctors to a great degree, I can't blame all the doctors for thinking that Effexor isn't that bad especially since more and more of them are prescribing it all the time.
Even though I loathe the doctor that put me on Effexor originally as he did some really, really bad things to me, I think that Wyeth needs to take full responsibility for causing so much harm to so many people. They've been leading all of us down the garden path. From what I can gather, so much information is being withheld from doctors that it's hard to blame them for what they don't find out until their patients begin to show up with these bizarre and unexpected symptoms, which I think is just starting to happen. (It's my opinion that sales of Effexor have increased significantly in the last three or so years, but I haven't verified this in any way.)
If anyone ever reads this that has ever worked for Wyeth or that has access to the informaton that I need to help prove my assumptions beyond a reasonable doubt and would consider helping me with or without disclosing your personal information, I will do whatever you need me to in order to assure your anonymity. I could sure use some "accurate" inside data and stats to test the validity of my theories.
Thanks,
Bebe - bebe0217@aol.com
poster:dancingstar
thread:12459
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20041223/msgs/434376.html