Re: P450 test diverts big pharma culpability in lawsuits

December 26, 2004

The SSRI Crusaders group discussed the high degree of

probability of development of a P-450 cytochrome test previously (See

link immediately below). Big Pharma would desire such a test to

potentially lessen or divert the degree of their risk or culpability

in adverse drug reaction lawsuits.

The prediction has apparently been realized.

> > In a message dated 12/25/04 5:15:29 AM Mountain Standard Time,

> >

> > >

> > > Genelex has been doing this testing for years for the

> Pharmaceuticals

> > > to screen out " undesirable " candidates for clinical trials.

> > >

> > I think there is some validity to this P450 brouhaha, but I don't

> think it's

> > the entire answer to why people, especially those on psych drugs,

> have bad

> > reactions -- it would be akin to saying the only reason you died

of

> rat poison

> > was because you couldn't metabolize it. To me, this is simply a

> shift away from

> > blaming the drug manufacturers and their poisonous wares to the

> patient --

> > more blame the victim mentality than the person who made the bad

> drugs. And

> > let's not forget that psych meds affect the BRAIN which controls

> everything in

> > the body.

> >

> > " Blind Reason "

> > a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue

> > Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again. It's

> > Unsafe At Any Dose

> >

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