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Open that can of worms
By:shebuah@aol.com
Date: Monday, 13 February 2006, 9:49 pm
In Response To: How many Family suicides were on SSR's? (Daniel)

I have heard of those "findings" myself. What was discovered was that the test subjects had depression already and were pre-disposed to suicide ideations. It doesn't make sense to blame the drug that has saved so many lives (like my own) when the subjects used are already prone to depression and or suicide.

:-D

> This may open a can of worms but from my
> understanding of the the SSRI's (that's
> Prozac and all it's clones like Zoloft,
> Paxil etc) it can, and does predispose some
> individuals to suicide. This 'approved'
> anti-depressant drug has been shown to
> create suicidal thoughts in people who had
> never thought of it before. Since it's so
> widely prescribed for not only depression,
> but everything from PMS to insomnia, I
> wonder how many SGA exer's suicides may have
> been helped along with this drug.

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