Posted by Marilyn on August 13, 2004, at 11:19:44
In reply to Re: Cymbalta/Duloxetine, posted by JLM on August 13, 2004, at 11:00:49
> Today's Indy Star had an article saying the FDA
> will agree with Lilly concerning the suicide
>
> So, if it wasn't the drug, what was it then:
> the Easter Bunny? This is outrageous if you ask
> me.Dear "JLM",
I feel your outrage here. To be honest, I have
seen this coming for some time. Unfortuately the
pharmaceutical companies and the FDA are too much
intertwined with eachother and there are way too
much financial interests at stake. It is the unfortunate truth.Furthermore, what that article failed to uncover
was that Traci Johnson was most certainly not the
only participant who committed suicie on Cymbalta
(duloxetine).Knight Ridder News Service reports that Eli Lilly
acknowledges that 4 other suicides occurred
during clinical trials of Cymbalta.In this article:
Smith said there had been four suicides in the
clinical trials for duloxetine, out of 9,000
participants.He said it was "very, very rare" for healthy
participants to take their own life."The deaths in the study occurred with people who
actually were depressed when they started the
study."Marilyn
poster:Marilyn
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