tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10459981.post2237206763845279161..comments2023-09-28T15:35:46.255+01:00Comments on <center>FIDDAMAN BLOG</center>: Seroxat Safe for adults eh?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10459981.post-60400569321415933572007-09-09T21:27:00.000+01:002007-09-09T21:27:00.000+01:00Actually, here's an update on the "withdrawal" thi...Actually, here's an update on the "withdrawal" thing. I've been reading the HSC's report (it's a riveting read, if you fancy it, sometime!), and it seems that:<BR/><BR/>"The MCA/CSM formally reviewed these problems on several occasions. The suicidality<BR/>problem was first investigated in 1990/1; withdrawal reactions were investigated in 1993,<BR/>1996 and 1998. In 2002, the MCA organised a further intensive review of both problems.<BR/>This review was abandoned in April 2003, following criticism about conflicts of interest<BR/>involving key figures on the review team." ("Problems with Seroxat and other SSRIs" page 85)<BR/><BR/>You may make of that what you will, although I would urge you to research the dates on which suicidality and withdrawal were first acknowledged by the regulator - and the extent to which they were acknowledged as an issue.<BR/><BR/>MattRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10459981.post-316472886280913202007-09-09T12:18:00.000+01:002007-09-09T12:18:00.000+01:001996? And the TGA is discussing "withdrawal". I ...1996? And the TGA is discussing "withdrawal". I wonder why it took the MHRA/CSM another seven years to set up the EWG, which duly came to the conclusion that people were suffering withdrawal, rather than "addiction".<BR/><BR/>In any event, we already know that the Company had noted the presence of "withdrawal" symptoms, and was tracking them, because the MHRA told us so:<BR/><BR/>http://itsquiteanexperience.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-opaque-than-opaque-thing-part-ii.html<BR/><BR/>The issues appear to be twofold, as far as I can make out. First, what we call the discomfort felt; and, second, the prevalence of the "syndrome" as acknowledged by the Company, and regulator (despite being known of for at least 10 years, the incidence of withdrawal has only recently been assessed to be experienced by 30% of patients on the drug, you remember).<BR/><BR/>MattRadagasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14286529284742690239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10459981.post-52118340916598695892007-09-09T11:19:00.000+01:002007-09-09T11:19:00.000+01:00I feel your anger.I still suffer with short term m...I feel your anger.<BR/><BR/>I still suffer with short term memory loss and the intolerance to sudden loud noises.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment<BR/><BR/>FidFidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329260132388791267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10459981.post-85644937502945074932007-09-09T11:04:00.000+01:002007-09-09T11:04:00.000+01:00Nothing but a fcuking scandal! How can they be all...Nothing but a fcuking scandal! How can they be allowed to get away with this? First they make faulty, dangerous drugs causing intolerable side effects and withdrawals and then they add to the cruelty by invalidating our nightmare and calling us delusional when we suffer for years. I´ve been off for more than three years now and still have every withdrawal symptom listed except the nausea which is gone most of the time now. And anyone reading this who thinks all it takes is to resume the drug had better think again - it is not that easy with the SSRIs. Lots of people report about having tried this (including myself) and all it did was to make things even worse. The bastards have stolen our lives and our health!trasdockanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761851341645294620noreply@blogger.com