Re: FDA pressured to Ban Serzone NOW, as Canada's ban.goes into effect!

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 01:17:27 +0000, Dave Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>In article<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Larry Brash
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Jurgen wrote:
>>> 
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>>> http://www.citizen.org/hot_issues/issue.cfm?ID=664
>>> 
>>> Oct. 29 - New reports of deaths, injuries from antidepressant Serzone; FDA
>>> should ban now
>>> 
>>> FDA Should Follow Lead of Europe; Canada, Remove Drug from Market, Public
>>> Citizen Says
>>> 
>>> New reports of deaths and severe injuries from liver failure in patients
>>> taking the antidepressant Serzone (nefazodone) require that the U.S. Food
>>> and Drug Administration (FDA) act immediately to protect U.S. patients,
>>> Public Citizen said today.
>>> 
>>> Ban the Anti-Depressant Serzone
>>
>>I agree, ban it, but ban it because it is a useless antidepressant.
>>Does anyone still prescribe it?
>
> It sounds to me like an excessive panic.  

But then you are not dying from a Serzone induced liver disorder are
you?