evil TV commercials: CYMBALTA LYRICA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duloxetine

Dont worry, its not you, until it is you. But if you get real info first you
might NOT end up like some we've seen recently.

CYMBALTA
Serious adverse effects

    * The French journal Prescrire International published this opinion: "In
practice, duloxetine currently has no place in the treatment of depression or
diabetic neuropathy. Its efficacy has not yet been demonstrated to be even
equivalent to that of other available drugs, and it has too many adverse
effects, given this degree of uncertainty."[10]

    * The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner released a report of the
first post mortem studies of duloxetine; they identified twelve cases in which
duloxetine was the ultimate cause of death. Five cases were declared multiple
drug intoxication, and two were declared suicide.[11]

    * A case of hyponatremia induced by duloxetine was reported by doctors at
Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.[12]

    * A case of dyskinesia during treatment with duloxetine was reported in
Germany.[13]

    * Two episodes of serotonin syndrome have been documented in the use of
duloxetine in conjunction with other medications.[14]

    * A case of fulminant hepatic failure involving duloxetine which resulted in
death was reported by the Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio.[15]

    * An acute attack of porphyria in a patient taking duloxetine.[16]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregabalin

LYRICA
Adverse effects
(don't believe the low percentage of adverse reaction. If you believe that,
they are looking for you.)

Adverse drug reactions associated with the use of pregabalin include:[6][7]

    * Very common (>10% of patients): dizziness, drowsiness

diplopia), ataxia, dysarthria, tremor, lethargy, memory impairment, euphoria,
constipation, dry mouth, peripheral edema, loss or decrease of libido, erectile
dysfunction

hallucinations, myoclonus, hypoaesthesia, hyperaesthesia, tachycardia,
excessive salivation, sweating, flushing, rash, muscle cramp, myalgia,
arthralgia, urinary incontinence, dysuria, thrombocytopenia, Kidney calculus
    * Rare (<0.1% of patients): neutropenia, first degree heart block,
hypotension, hypertension, pancreatitis, dysphagia, oliguria, rhabdomyolysis

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Perhaps you should set up a blog.

Jim

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alphaQuad <alp### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duloxetine

  I was just wondering why should this be of any interest to us.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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And lo on Tue, 13 May 2008 10:58:06 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake, saying:

> alphaQuad <alp### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duloxetine
>
>   I was just wondering why should this be of any interest to us.

What, you mean you're not interested in Duloxetine? How can you not be  
interested in Duloxetine? Isn't everyone interested and talking about  
Duloxetine? What the hell is Duloxetine anyway?

And what the heck has this got to do with TV commercials evil or otherwise?

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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Jim Henderson wrote:

> Perhaps you should set up a blog.
> 
> Jim

LMAO!

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On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:39:44 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps you should set up a blog.
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> LMAO!

Well, it occurred to me that Warp loves telling Andy that, and these 
posts are - if anything - even more fit for that....

Jim

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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Tue, 13 May 2008 10:58:06 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
> did spake, saying:
> 
>> alphaQuad <alp### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duloxetine
>>
>>   I was just wondering why should this be of any interest to us.
> 
> What, you mean you're not interested in Duloxetine? How can you not be 
> interested in Duloxetine? Isn't everyone interested and talking about 
> Duloxetine? What the hell is Duloxetine anyway?

"Duloxetine is a SNRI (selective serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake 
inhibitor)." ..."a drug which is indicated for major depressive disorder"

Has it not occurred to you that AQ might actually be warning you, so you 
won't take a harmful drug in the future? You aren't judging a man by his 
  style of information dispensation, are you?

SSRI/SNRIs are *not* the wonder drugs the pharmaceuticals would have you 
think they are. I've experienced SSRI-induced psychosis myself, although 
I'll admit I was wrongly diagnosed at the time. Simple precaution could 
have saved me a lot of trouble, a vehicle, a driver's license, and six 
months.

Here's something I picked up from Googling. I'm sure there are plenty 
more like it:
http://www.drugawareness.org/Archives/Miscellaneous/MRadmissions.html

> And what the heck has this got to do with TV commercials evil or otherwise?

Obviously the TV commercials are giving people the idea that they can 
take SSRI/SNRIs for nearly any problem causing anxiety or depression. If 
the 8% figure given by that article I linked to has any truth to it, 
society could be heading for disaster at any given moment, should a 
trigger occur...

Sam

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stbenge wrote:
> Obviously the TV commercials are giving people the idea that they can 
> take SSRI/SNRIs for nearly any problem causing anxiety or depression. 

In the US you need to get doctors to approve almost everything. I'm not 
sure I could call this the sole fault of the phama companies.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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Darren New wrote:
> stbenge wrote:
>> Obviously the TV commercials are giving people the idea that they can 
>> take SSRI/SNRIs for nearly any problem causing anxiety or depression. 
> 
> In the US you need to get doctors to approve almost everything. I'm not 
> sure I could call this the sole fault of the phama companies.

Oh no, I'm not laying the entire blame on the pharmaceutical companies. 
Doctors aren't given enough caution before administering these 
chemicals, and people come in their offices asking for them specifically.

Sam

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On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:30:33 -0700, Darren New wrote:

>> Obviously the TV commercials are giving people the idea that they can
>> take SSRI/SNRIs for nearly any problem causing anxiety or depression.
> 
> In the US you need to get doctors to approve almost everything. I'm not
> sure I could call this the sole fault of the phama companies.

Well, personally, I've had a problem with the pharma companies 
advertising "ask your doctor of Vaxodrine is right for you" - the 
doctor's the professional, let THEM make that determination.  Then again, 
the doctors frequently go on junkets on the pharma companies (something 
that in my business would be an ethics violation, but apparently it's OK 
in the medical field) and push drugs that aren't really needed or 
appropriate.  Well, *some* do, not all.  Obviously there are some 
responsible doctors out there.

Jim

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