Posted by stargazer on November 30, 2006, at 7:42:33
In reply to Re: It's Treatable. No, it's not./Lamictal's bad, posted by SLS on November 30, 2006, at 6:16:47
I think there is a real lag time in getting the SE's into the package insert.
I had increased suicidal thoughts on Zoloft and told my pdoc this. He said there were no reports of this happening with Zoloft, saying it was my depression. He kept trying to increase my dosage to get me beyond these thoughts. I told him that if I didn't stop taking it I would be dead, so I stopped and the suicidal thoughts went away. Coincidental? I don't think so.
Almost all the package inserts today include this as a SE of ALL AD's. Took many years and many deaths, I'm sure, to prove the relationship.
I think for what ever side effects a patient has, there's always the possibility that it is from the medication not the depression. You have to trust your experience and your pdoc has to believe you. If not, then you may have a SE that is fatal or potentially life threatening.
To ignore the SE like playing Russian Roulette.At first glance, that study had a very small number of patients, so the SE profile would also be very small and statistically insignificant. But nevertheless, real.
Many side effects are not reported either and until their numbers reach a statistically significant percentage, they are not included in the package insert. It doesn't mean they don't exist they are just not reported in great enough numbers to be listed as significant.
Stargazer
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