Reply #20: I think it is unfair to call it hysteria [View All]

Particularly when the evidence is mounting that the drug companies went out of their way to hide studies and data that demonstrated these serious and life threatening side effects.

Celexa and Effexor's side effects almost killed me. The severety I experience was enormous and the fact that my doctor had never had a patient with the same side effects, led her to actually up my dosage, thinking that I was not getting enough of the medication to receive it's full benefits.

When I later filed a report about my experience with the FDA, I found that I had not been alone in my symptoms, a pattern was emerging from their real-life usage that was quite different from what was described in the clinical trials.

You should be grateful that you have a good doctor who obviously had quite a lot of experience in prescribing these drugs to his patients. Not everyone is so lucky.

It's not hysterical to expect the drug companies' literature to reflect the real world usage of these drugs, particularly as new information comes to light. I don't believe they should be allowed to hide data that could affect the health of the people who take their products in order to feed their own greed. After all, this isn't a new soft drink or lipstick we're talking about here, is it? It really can be a matter of life and death.