Thoughts on Medications (SSRI)

Interesting paper from Harvard, '"We now have unequivocal evidence from a wide range of side effects that Prozac-type drugs impair the normal functioning of the brain," Glenmullen says.
He found reports of tics and other neurological side effects, like drug-induced Parkinsonism, associated with SSRIs. "The tics include lip smacking, lip puckering, fishlike kissing motions, and pelvic thrusting," Glenmullen says. "They are involuntary, disfiguring, and can be very noticeable--and may persist long after the drug is stopped. This is the dread side effect in psychiatry, and it can indicate brain damage. Such reactions are not rare. Neurologic agitation is estimated to occur in 10 to 25 percent of patients, and muscle spasms in 10 percent."
http://harvardmagazine.com/2000/05/the- ... rozac-html


'Rigorous studies have shown that the placebo effect accounts for most—at least 64 percent, and perhaps much more—of SSRIs’ benefits.' (Harvard) 'In more than half of the 47 trials used by the Food and Drug Administration to approve the six leading antidepressants on the market, the drugs failed to outperform sugar pills, and in the trials that were successful, the advantage of drugs over placebo was slight. ' (Motherjones)

More reasons to not take these.

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Thank you for this!

I live in an area too dominated by all kinds of clinicians scrambling for Forest, Solvay, Pfizer, Lily, and Glaxo kickbacks or department promotions.

We local common sense people are driven so far underground we cannot find eachother.