Thanks

‘Homicidal ideation’ in Xanax, original site.

Links are in underlined text where using html in comments which I see pg uses often. In the comment you are querying, click on the underlined text “Other adverse events” and you will be taken to the original source where you will find the quote given by pg.

Thanks for your excellent posts. Where did you get the information about Xanax causing homicidal ideation?

I want to repost that on an email list I belong to but would feel more comfortable having the link from the original site.

AA

–I can’t refrain from pointing out that the terms SSRI and SNRI, which I have just used as though they were scientific terms, are in fact marketing concepts–
http://www.network54.com/Forum/281849/message/1195725008

Voted in by doctors. Not classed by scientists in research.
–Suggested Class Names for Effexor (Venlafaxine HCL)
A) NESRI
B) NSRI
C) SCRI
D) SMRI
Given our objective of creating a new class name, which of the above class names do you feel is most appropriate–
http://www.network54.com/Forum/281849/message/1195725066

We should –stop calling them by their marketing names, control the language and your control the discourse–

“Evidence that antidepressant drugs like Seroxat and Prozac could make people homicidal is being ignored by the body responsible for regulating medicines in the UK, a leading expert said yesterday.”

“…Dr Healy, director of the north Wales department of psychological medicine, says he has seen data from the clinical trials that show even some healthy volunteers - people with no illness at all volunteering to take part in the earliest safety trials of the drugs - became unaccountably aggressive. Their reaction is coded as “hostile” which can include homicidal behaviour and serious aggression.

“I think there is very clear evidence for all of the SSRI group of drugs that in addition to making people suicidal, they can make people homicidal or seriously aggressive and the data have been sitting in the MHRA’s files on this issue,” he said.”

(The terms SSRI and SNRI are apparently a clever marketing attempt to make current ANTIDEPRESSANTS sound as if they’re actually selective of a particular neurotransmitter such as serotonin, noradrenalin, etc, whereas in fact they have no idea what else any SSRI or SNRI are affecting alongside - hence the similar side effects).

Effexor - Venlafaxine - has ‘homicidal ideation’ listed as a side effect on page 43 of Wyeth’s document:

http://www.wyeth.com/content/ShowLabeling.asp?id=100

Even in GRADUAL withdrawal.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2335496

“Severe withdrawal symptoms after discontinuation of alprazolam in eight patients with combat-induced posttraumatic stress disorder.

..Most of the patients underwent gradual medication withdrawal. All patients had a prior history of alcohol abuse or benzodiazepine dependence. During withdrawal, all patients had severe reactions including anxiety, sleep disturbance, rage reactions, hyperalertness, increased nightmares, and intrusive thoughts; and 6 of the 8 patients had homicidal ideation.”

Upjohn’s drug, now part of Pfizer.

Also known as:

“Alprax, Alprox, Alzam, Anxirid, Apo-Alpraz, Azor, Calmax, Frontin, Gerax, Helex, Kalma, Kinax, Neurol, Novo-Alprazol, Nu-Alpraz, Restyl, Xanax, Xanor, Zopax, Trika”.

“Other Adverse Events Observed During the Premarketing Evaluation of XANAX XR Tablets

“…Psychiatric system disorders: Frequent: irritability, insomnia, nervousness, derealization, libido increased, restlessness, agitation, depersonalization, nightmare; Infrequent: abnormal dreams, apathy, aggression, anger, bradyphrenia, euphoric mood, logorrhea, mood swings, dysphonia, hallucination,

homicidal ideation,

mania, hypomania, impulse control, psychomotor retardation,

suicidal ideation

Happy to hear that your’e feeling healthier!