Posted by Meri-Tuuli on October 22, 2006, at 6:09:52
In reply to Re: seroquel... » Meri-Tuuli, posted by yxibow on October 22, 2006, at 5:47:28
Hey!
> First, not everything in Wikipedia is 100% the truth or includes all facts. It is a wonderful resource but it is produced by committee with anybody capable of registering into write articles meeting their standards.Oh yes, of course I am completely aware of this fact. I was just using it as an *example* - I am under the impression that its widely believed that SSRIs increase the risk of suicide in young people/children, which wasn't know about when the drugs first came out, or perhaps it was known about, but perhaps this information was suppressed by the drug companies. Which is what I think Linkadge's post was referring to - ie often side effects become only apparent after, say, a decade of use.
> Second of all "greater than normal dose" is a key here, we do not know what "greater than normal is."
Still, someone *died* from this drug, in the clinical trials, and my point was that if what was being tested was say, a herb (or perhaps even a non-pysch med), then it would immediately get banned, or something.
Personally, it wouldn't surprise me if the drug company involved actually suppressed information relating to this incident or to the fact that they have know about its suicide inducing effects. This is pure speculation of course, but still. IMHO companies are notorious for supressing potentially damage inducing information - there are plenty examples from history.
> Drug development is done by independent researchers at universities -- it is not done 100% exclusively within the labs of medical corporations or their subsidiaries. Positive research then may be sold by the university to a subsidiary lab.
Of course I know this too but doesn't independent research pale in comparison to the sheer volume of research done by drug companies? - what I meant was that I would like to see *all* drug development being done by independent labs who just hold the interest of the patient most dear, rather than the interest of the shareholders.
I just want to have answers to my long list of questions regarding drug company practice.
Kind regards
Meri
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