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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Great links and quotes Dion. Most people don't realize how questionable a lot of these studies are, or the history of drugs being taken off the market after being found to be deadly, marketing certain drugs as miracle cure all kinds of drugs only to find out later they are terrible for kids/elderly, etc.
I would have tried to find some of these myself at some point, thanks for the info. I might still try and find some more drug links later on. People just aren't informed enough about this given the high level of prescriptions.
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There was a real good study that escapes my mind where in 1994 there were 4 SSRI drugs that were the top 4 in adverse side effects as reported by FDA. The article also focused on the ways drug companies do thier trials and how the results are manipulated to get favourable results. It also doesn't help that drug companies are the ones paying to have these trials done. If you want to selected to do another trail your results better be positive.
Then you have the extensive advertising drug companies do on TV in the States in regards to anitdepressents. Someone sees thier ads and rushes off to thier GP to get a perscription. Nothing like promoting a drug to better the bottom line.