- THE BLACK BOX
WARNING:
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This is the
highest levels of warning issued by the FDA
to warn doctors and patients about problems
with a drug.
Neurotransmitter depletion drugs cause suicide: The FDA requires reuptake inhibitor drugs
used in the treatment of depression, ADHD, etc.
to carry a "black box warning" to warn people that these drugs can cause
the disease to get worse (clinical worsening) and that these
drugs cause suicide in some people.
These drugs cause neurotransmitter depletion if not
given with properly balanced nutrients at the same
time. Simply taking the nutrients 5-HTP, tyrosine,
levodopa, tryptophan, or cysteine will not prevent
neurotransmitter depletion since these nutrients
cause neurotransmitter depletion if not
given in proper balance. For some people the only
way to achieve proper balance when taking these
nutrients is with the use of
neurotransmitter testing.
So how do these drugs cause suicide in some
patients? The answer is very simple. When neurotransmitter
depletion by the drugs is severe enough the drugs
cause suicide. Suicide occurs in the most
severely severely depressed patients. When neurotransmitter
depletion severe enough
and the depression becomes severe enough the drugs
cause suicide to occur. Of all the
drug side effects in medicine the worst is when
drugs cause suicide.
To the right is a list of commonly used reuptake
inhibitor drugs. Click on any drug name that is
underlined and the formal prescribing information
will open. At the top of page 1 is
the
black box warning stating that the drug may cause
the disease to get
worse (clinical worsening) and the drugs may set up
conditions where the drugs cause suicide.
Many people dismiss the risks of these drugs and the
problems associated with neurotransmitter depletion
by these drugs. Make
no mistake these drugs cause suicide which is
the worst case scenario of all possible drug side
effects. Add to this the fact that in virtually all suicide
cases no body around the victim saw it coming (or
they would have done something to prevent the
suicide) this is one nasty side effect. These are
the only class of drugs in medicine that make the
cause of the problem worse while attempting to treat
the symptoms.
Neurotransmitter depletion drugs
cause suicide |