Posted by Nefazodone Man on August 29, 2007, at 22:05:22
In reply to Re: NEFAZODONE - how long to adjust? » Nefazodone Man, posted by Phillipa on August 29, 2007, at 21:42:03
Dear Phillipa, here is another statistic - 7,000,000 users World wide have used this Medicine, and I think there is like 200 to 300 known cases of Liver Damage, maybe 20 Transplants and Deaths - Now when I freaked about the liver thing I used my calculator
lets takes 7,000,000 users since it 1st came out and divide it by ummm lets say 1000 Liver Failure Cases ( A BIGGER MADE UP NUMBER THAN 54 OR WHATEVER FOR EXAMPLE ) 1000 Liver Damage Cases (EXAMPLE) divided by 7,000,000 users = Virtually almost 0% chance of liver Damage - Definitely way less than even 1% chance - So the Risk is small, and I pray all of our livers will be fine - But Tylenol is BRUTAL on your liver, Lipitor is Hard on it, there is lots of Meds that are hard on your liver - Before the Brand Name Serzone was VOLUNTARILY removed By Bristol Myers Squibb, I talked to an Established Psychiatrist about my Liver Fears, he said it was a good med, and the he NEVER saw liver damage in ANY of his Patients he prescribed it to ever, and some took way high does, but he said people would not prescribe it as much now cause of the Black Box - I hope my liver always holds up, as it has for 10 Years on this Drug - I mean there is NO GUARANTEE with anything in life, someone could have an idiosyncratic reaction to a few tylenols or anything - Just get your liver checked at 1st with a simple Blood test, and get it checked again early on into the therapy for your piece of mind, don't drink alcohol and listen to the Doc. AGAIN for me in 1997 it was the ONLY Med that solved my HELLISH Depression with Anxiety from PTSD - Nothing else worked. And like I believe ( IF IT AIN'T BROKE, THEN DON'T FIX IT ) And for me to have FINALLY found a Drug that brought me relief and then be forced to switch it because of a less than 1% virtually a 0% chance of Liver Damage, was DEPRESSING in itself, cause NOTHING worked for me, I was suicidal, emaciated, sleepless, constipated, etc. VERY GRATEFUL for SERZONE/ NEFAZODONE - And pray everyone liver will hold up including mine - I mean at forst the scare was so bad, they made people think everyone that took it had liver failure, at than point I was on it 5 to 7 years, and reading all that HYPE I thought my liver was done if I took 1 more, then I got a liver test, liver was fine, and I though hey I have been on this 5 to 7 years and no ill effects so far. As for my quick Withdrawl Symptoms, 1 Psychiatrist told me he felt I was that sensitive cause my Brain is imbalanced, and Nefazodone keeps it right where it needs to be for me to function, so I would proably need Nefazodone for the rest of my life, and that is FINE with me as long as my liver holds up, it has for 10 years. My last Doctor said I am right where I need to be 200mg Daily, no more and no less - - - Remember adjusting usually takes 2 to 4 weeks as it did for me, and slow jumps up I found are better than big jumps - - keep in touch ! Nefazodone Man
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