Re: More addictive than heroin

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/5/04 6:06:06 AM Mountain Daylight Time,

SSRI medications writes:

> In an internal company memo that Medawar and Hardon quote,

> GlaxoKline instructed its PR department to tell the media that

> " discontinuation problems are completely different to addiction or

> dependence " . This even confused doctors, who were not asked to watch

> for symptoms of dependence. Government regulators in both the US and

> UK - portrayed here as craven and corrupt - were persuaded to inform

> the public that SSRIs were not habit-forming. It was left to European

> regulators to resist drug company pressure and insist on the packaging

> mentioning " withdrawal reactions " .

>

Everytime I read about how GSK did a complete Orwellian doublespeak about the

addictive properties of Paxil, I want to scream. Paxil is derived from a

substance called phenylpiperidine which is a KEY ingredient in ALL opioid

medications. Every single drug that contains phenylpiperidine is on a Schedule

II

drug list IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. So how is it that Paxil is NOT

addictive. That's the big Ha-Ha! IT IS ADDICTIVE!!! A heroin addict can kick

horse

in 7 - 10 days, but a Paxil addict will be lucky if they can jettison this

monster monkey on their back in 6 - 8 months, if they're lucky. And I so love

how addiction is not addiction but dependence, and that withdrawal is not

withdrawal but discontinuation syndrome. Orwell must be laughing in his

grave at the way they have twisted language to suit their nefarious agenda. Our

language is so punctuated with euphemisms that we don't even understand what

things really are and what they really mean anymore. If someone is trying to

get off Paxil and they are crazy out of their mind with both psychological and

physical symptoms that only taking MORE Paxil will relieve, THAT'S ADDICTION!!!

It's not dependence. It's not discontinuation syndrome. IT'S WITHDRAWAL!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. And no matter how they flower up the language and downplay

the severity of the symptoms, it's still addiction and it's still withdrawal.

I'd like 5 minutes alone with the Dr. ph Goebbels of GSK who came up

with this language. Now is when I wish I had a videotape of me crawling on my

hands and knees while trying to get off Paxil, vomiting nonstop, feeling as

though I were going to die. Amazing that just a few mgs of Paxilpoison relieved

all of those symptoms.

" Blind Reason "

a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue

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

Unsafe At Any Dose

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/5/04 6:06:06 AM Mountain Daylight Time,

SSRI medications writes:

> In an internal company memo that Medawar and Hardon quote,

> GlaxoKline instructed its PR department to tell the media that

> " discontinuation problems are completely different to addiction or

> dependence " . This even confused doctors, who were not asked to watch

> for symptoms of dependence. Government regulators in both the US and

> UK - portrayed here as craven and corrupt - were persuaded to inform

> the public that SSRIs were not habit-forming. It was left to European

> regulators to resist drug company pressure and insist on the packaging

> mentioning " withdrawal reactions " .

>

Everytime I read about how GSK did a complete Orwellian doublespeak about the

addictive properties of Paxil, I want to scream. Paxil is derived from a

substance called phenylpiperidine which is a KEY ingredient in ALL opioid

medications. Every single drug that contains phenylpiperidine is on a Schedule

II

drug list IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. So how is it that Paxil is NOT

addictive. That's the big Ha-Ha! IT IS ADDICTIVE!!! A heroin addict can kick

horse

in 7 - 10 days, but a Paxil addict will be lucky if they can jettison this

monster monkey on their back in 6 - 8 months, if they're lucky. And I so love

how addiction is not addiction but dependence, and that withdrawal is not

withdrawal but discontinuation syndrome. Orwell must be laughing in his

grave at the way they have twisted language to suit their nefarious agenda. Our

language is so punctuated with euphemisms that we don't even understand what

things really are and what they really mean anymore. If someone is trying to

get off Paxil and they are crazy out of their mind with both psychological and

physical symptoms that only taking MORE Paxil will relieve, THAT'S ADDICTION!!!

It's not dependence. It's not discontinuation syndrome. IT'S WITHDRAWAL!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. And no matter how they flower up the language and downplay

the severity of the symptoms, it's still addiction and it's still withdrawal.

I'd like 5 minutes alone with the Dr. ph Goebbels of GSK who came up

with this language. Now is when I wish I had a videotape of me crawling on my

hands and knees while trying to get off Paxil, vomiting nonstop, feeling as

though I were going to die. Amazing that just a few mgs of Paxilpoison relieved

all of those symptoms.

" Blind Reason "

a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue

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

Unsafe At Any Dose

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/5/04 6:06:06 AM Mountain Daylight Time,

SSRI medications writes:

> In an internal company memo that Medawar and Hardon quote,

> GlaxoKline instructed its PR department to tell the media that

> " discontinuation problems are completely different to addiction or

> dependence " . This even confused doctors, who were not asked to watch

> for symptoms of dependence. Government regulators in both the US and

> UK - portrayed here as craven and corrupt - were persuaded to inform

> the public that SSRIs were not habit-forming. It was left to European

> regulators to resist drug company pressure and insist on the packaging

> mentioning " withdrawal reactions " .

>

Everytime I read about how GSK did a complete Orwellian doublespeak about the

addictive properties of Paxil, I want to scream. Paxil is derived from a

substance called phenylpiperidine which is a KEY ingredient in ALL opioid

medications. Every single drug that contains phenylpiperidine is on a Schedule

II

drug list IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. So how is it that Paxil is NOT

addictive. That's the big Ha-Ha! IT IS ADDICTIVE!!! A heroin addict can kick

horse

in 7 - 10 days, but a Paxil addict will be lucky if they can jettison this

monster monkey on their back in 6 - 8 months, if they're lucky. And I so love

how addiction is not addiction but dependence, and that withdrawal is not

withdrawal but discontinuation syndrome. Orwell must be laughing in his

grave at the way they have twisted language to suit their nefarious agenda. Our

language is so punctuated with euphemisms that we don't even understand what

things really are and what they really mean anymore. If someone is trying to

get off Paxil and they are crazy out of their mind with both psychological and

physical symptoms that only taking MORE Paxil will relieve, THAT'S ADDICTION!!!

It's not dependence. It's not discontinuation syndrome. IT'S WITHDRAWAL!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. And no matter how they flower up the language and downplay

the severity of the symptoms, it's still addiction and it's still withdrawal.

I'd like 5 minutes alone with the Dr. ph Goebbels of GSK who came up

with this language. Now is when I wish I had a videotape of me crawling on my

hands and knees while trying to get off Paxil, vomiting nonstop, feeling as

though I were going to die. Amazing that just a few mgs of Paxilpoison relieved

all of those symptoms.

" Blind Reason "

a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue

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

Unsafe At Any Dose

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/5/04 6:06:06 AM Mountain Daylight Time,

SSRI medications writes:

> In an internal company memo that Medawar and Hardon quote,

> GlaxoKline instructed its PR department to tell the media that

> " discontinuation problems are completely different to addiction or

> dependence " . This even confused doctors, who were not asked to watch

> for symptoms of dependence. Government regulators in both the US and

> UK - portrayed here as craven and corrupt - were persuaded to inform

> the public that SSRIs were not habit-forming. It was left to European

> regulators to resist drug company pressure and insist on the packaging

> mentioning " withdrawal reactions " .

>

Everytime I read about how GSK did a complete Orwellian doublespeak about the

addictive properties of Paxil, I want to scream. Paxil is derived from a

substance called phenylpiperidine which is a KEY ingredient in ALL opioid

medications. Every single drug that contains phenylpiperidine is on a Schedule

II

drug list IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. So how is it that Paxil is NOT

addictive. That's the big Ha-Ha! IT IS ADDICTIVE!!! A heroin addict can kick

horse

in 7 - 10 days, but a Paxil addict will be lucky if they can jettison this

monster monkey on their back in 6 - 8 months, if they're lucky. And I so love

how addiction is not addiction but dependence, and that withdrawal is not

withdrawal but discontinuation syndrome. Orwell must be laughing in his

grave at the way they have twisted language to suit their nefarious agenda. Our

language is so punctuated with euphemisms that we don't even understand what

things really are and what they really mean anymore. If someone is trying to

get off Paxil and they are crazy out of their mind with both psychological and

physical symptoms that only taking MORE Paxil will relieve, THAT'S ADDICTION!!!

It's not dependence. It's not discontinuation syndrome. IT'S WITHDRAWAL!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. And no matter how they flower up the language and downplay

the severity of the symptoms, it's still addiction and it's still withdrawal.

I'd like 5 minutes alone with the Dr. ph Goebbels of GSK who came up

with this language. Now is when I wish I had a videotape of me crawling on my

hands and knees while trying to get off Paxil, vomiting nonstop, feeling as

though I were going to die. Amazing that just a few mgs of Paxilpoison relieved

all of those symptoms.

" Blind Reason "

a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue

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

Unsafe At Any Dose