http://rssbinghamton.com/niu-tragedy-the-latest-episode-tied-to-psychiatric-drugs/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:34:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://rssbinghamton.com/niu-tragedy-the-latest-episode-tied-to-psychiatric-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-276 WHB Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:50:42 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/niu-tragedy-the-latest-episode-tied-to-psychiatric-drugs/#comment-276 Well, we are certainly an overmedicated society. One of the scary things Jim is that once people get on meds (especially minors), getting them off is incredibly difficult. The medical society is not the most supportive in this aspect of mental/physical health. Add to it the uphill battle for any contrarian research. That studies are being done on psychotic/violent side-effects from these drugs is sure. Getting that research published and in the mainstream is another matter. It will be another 15 years before the medical profession starts back-pedaling on this. Case in point. You will see far more outcry about the availability of firearms than you will concern about the effects of these meds. Someone once if guns kill people then spoons made Rosie Odonnel fat. While both statements are fallacious perhaps the statement, "meds kill people" is not. WHB Well, we are certainly an overmedicated society. One of the scary things Jim is that once people get on meds (especially minors), getting them off is incredibly difficult. The medical society is not the most supportive in this aspect of mental/physical health. Add to it the uphill battle for any contrarian research. That studies are being done on psychotic/violent side-effects from these drugs is sure. Getting that research published and in the mainstream is another matter. It will be another 15 years before the medical profession starts back-pedaling on this.
Case in point. You will see far more outcry about the availability of firearms than you will concern about the effects of these meds. Someone once if guns kill people then spoons made Rosie Odonnel fat. While both statements are fallacious perhaps the statement, “meds kill people” is not. WHB

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