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Antidepressants, Violence, and Blame
I am an NIU alum, and our whole community is reeling after the shooting in Cole Hall on February 14, 2008. I am now grieving over this situation as the rest of NIU is. Repeatedly we have heard that the shooter quit his meds recently, but the news media will NOT release the name of the more...drug yet. This is very disturbing, but pharma is behind that decision. BUT. There is still a place for SSRI medications. But in the wrong hands, it's murder. In my opinion, these drugs should NEVER be prescribed by a GP,. a pediatrician, an internist. They should only be prescribed by psychiatrists, in controlled setting, after thorough examination and as part of treatment with therapy sessions and stress management. Just handing a drug to a family without follow up is a nightmare. These drugs are powerful. They can do powerful good - and I am evidence of their good. But, I was treated in a controlled setting, and followed up for weeks after I was first given an SSRI. That same drug serves its purpose as well now as it did then - for me. Everyone reacts differently to medication. That is just a fact. Any physician throwing a pill at a patient without proper follow up is prescribing trouble, and I don't care whether it is a depression drug, a diabetes drug, a heart medication or birth control pills. Any medication can be damaging either while taking it, or when going OFF of it. AND Some medications have severe effects after being discontinued, and patients often do that to themselves. They don't go for followup, they take meds only when they feel like it, they quit when they feel like it, instead of calling the doc and saying THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR ME, we have to find something else. However, that also takes being a patient that participates in their own health care. There is plenty of blame to go around..
Pharma that glosses over test results to get the FDA to approve it for quick sale;
GPs who think that their internship in the mental ward 10 - 20 years ago qualifies them to prescribe these drugs,
patients who either do not comply or do not follow up properly, which means you take the drug until you see the doc. And if it is hurting you the doc gets an emergency call and you get yourself to the emergency room until the doc is contacted. AND that doc should be a psychiatrist that has training in using these medications. And if the doc doesn't help you, you get a NEW DOC that knows their business. The alternative is more illness; more murder; and more heartache. |
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The drugs we take are important to us. However, the drugs that we stop taking and leave in our medicine cabinets, can be a real danger to teenage family members looking for a high. Doctors need to follow up on prescriptions that won't be totally consumed by the patient.
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