Posted by KaraS on December 24, 2004, at 21:27:41
In reply to Re: my Effexor experience » KaraS, posted by dancingstar on December 24, 2004, at 21:16:58
> Hopefully you guys have the same type of chemistry so that if she ever needs to stop taking it, she won't have any more difficult a time than you did.
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> Yesterday I walked into my appointment at my internist's office with a stack of papers, showing some of my research on the problems that people have with withdrawal being more serious than I suspect he believes in spite of the fact that he acknowledges that he has heard it can be difficult.
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> It's my impression that the increase in prescriptions by the general medical community is somewhat recent, though I don't yet know exactly what I mean by "recent," and the increase in people that will have to stop taking Effexor will increase sometime soon. (I am estimating that this increase by gp's, etc. has been going on for the last three or so, but I haven't got any facts to back me up.) If that is true, it is also possible that the people that will want to come off the drug because of things like weight gain and fatigue, perhaps pain, even arthritis (see wyeth.com) problems that we had no idea were side effects of Effexor is going to flood the market sometime in the near future along with the people that are freaking out cause their bodies won't let them off the drug.
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> As for your mom, how can she be blamed for listening to her doctor? Aren't we supposed to be able to trust them? It is a difficult situation for all of us. I guess the most annoying thing is why are so many doctors prescribing Effexor to so many people in the first place? "Here, honey, take a pill."
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> Merry Christmas....
How did you doctor react to your research? Did he or she listen to you or just blow you off as a crackpot?The only good part about more people taking Effexor is that eventually word of mouth will get around about the withdrawals. I would think that would be inevitable and will make for a more educated group of patients. It's unfortunate that people will have to learn the hard way though.
Merry Christmas to you too!
K
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