Posted by linkadge on January 31, 2010, at 16:52:12
In reply to Re: Is Suicide Ever A Viable Option?, posted by bulldog2 on January 31, 2010, at 16:36:07
I don't know. I think the industry is controlled by money and by drug companies. There is nothing ethical about the way the desease is treated.
For instance, the FDA removes drugs like nomifenasine and amineptine because they demonstrate some properties of abuse in some patients. I don't think the drugs are any more addicting than the amphetamines or ritalin yet these drugs are prescribed to children every day.
Why does an antidepressant need to be completely free of abuse potential? Why can't we just monitor abuse like we do with opiates or stimulants?
Instead, clinically superior antidepressants are taken from the market. It doesn't make sense.
Same goes with ketamine. Sure it can cause psychosis and or euphoria, but so can the stimulants. Why bar it from medical use because of possible side effects in some patients?
The whole process is f'd up. Good drugs are rejected for poor reasons.
Why have there been no clinical trials on synthetic hyperforin? Why doesn't the government sponsor and control drug comparisons between things like SJW, SAMe vs other antideprssants. If you leave it to the drug companies, the public will never have an acurate picture of the true effectiveness of such agents.
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