Don't Worry - Be Happy!!!!
A recent study (full story) revealed that taking a certain class of anti depressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs) double the risk of suicide attempts among patients.
So lets get this straight...you take them so you don't feel depressed. But they make you want to kill yourself. I guess thats OK because at least you'll feel good about your suicide!
In another part of the study, according to IMS Health (a health information company) there were 15.7 million prescriptions for SSRIs dispensed in Canada in 2003.
If you think that sounds like alot...IT IS! There are only 30 million people in Canada!
That may explain why Canadians don't seem to mind bad government...or maybe explains how the ones that do handle it!
So lets get this straight...you take them so you don't feel depressed. But they make you want to kill yourself. I guess thats OK because at least you'll feel good about your suicide!
In another part of the study, according to IMS Health (a health information company) there were 15.7 million prescriptions for SSRIs dispensed in Canada in 2003.
If you think that sounds like alot...IT IS! There are only 30 million people in Canada!
That may explain why Canadians don't seem to mind bad government...or maybe explains how the ones that do handle it!
posted by alsocanadian at 12:01 AM
4 Comments:
Gary, I think a guy with a good sense of humor like you have will be one of the survivors!
We don't have an effective post drug evaluation system in Canada or the United States.
Some of these drugs really can cause serious side effects. Hard to call killing yourself a side effect though.
Perhaps we start looking at other treatments that involve fewer drugs. Too bad for the Big Pharma folks if we ever find "non" drug treatments!
Rick, you hit the nail right on the head. Whatever happened to coping skills? Maybe its not so bad for little Johnny to lose or fail once in a while...
Good point Jay. I agree they are horrendously overperscribed, although there are times when they are necessary.
Heroin on the other hand...
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