Monday, April 5, 2010

Fly The Prozac Skies

Bloomberg.com has:
We will now have Pilots ferrying people through the skies, while Chemically Imbalanced on Antidepressants. Isn't it wonderful to know that Pilots won't have to feel blue, anymore?
Top 20 Prozac side effects reported to MedWatch between Jan. 2004 and Dec. 2006:
Completed Suicide - 187 cases
Depression - 166 cases
Drug Ineffective - 161cases
Anxiety - 117 cases
Drug Interaction - 113 cases
Suicidal Ideation - 113 cases
Agitation - 101 cases
Condition Aggravated - 87 cases
Nausea - 79 cases
Feeling Abnormal - 77 cases
Headache - 77 cases
Insomnia - 72 cases
Tremor - 72 cases
Serotonin Syndrome - 70 cases
Somnolence - 68 cases
Suicide Attempt - 68 cases
Overdose - 67 cases
Confusional State - 65 cases
Aggression - 64 cases
Hyponatraemia - 63 cases
Top 20 Zoloft side effects reported to MedWatch between Jan. 2004 and Dec. 2006:
Depression - 297 cases
Suicidal Ideation - 238 cases
Feeling Abnormal - 237 cases
Anxiety - 229 cases
Insomnia - 194 cases
Condition Aggravated - 189 cases
Dizziness - 179 cases
Agitation - 176 cases
Drug Ineffective - 175 cases
Suicide Attempt - 162 cases
Nausea - 161 cases
Drug Withdrawal Syndrome - 156 cases
Completed Suicide - 154 cases
Aggression - 147 cases
Tremor - 147 cases
Headache - 141 cases
Drug Interaction - 134 cases
Abnormal Behaviour - 126 cases
Diarrhoea - 118 cases
Fall - 111 cases
Top 20 Celexa side effects reported to MedWatch between Jan. 2004 and Dec. 2006:
Completed Suicide - 232 cases
Drug Interaction -116 cases
Depression - 94 cases
Hyponatraemia - 80 cases
Nausea - 77 cases
Overdose - 76 cases
Drug Toxicity - 74 cases
Confusional State - 72 cases
Anxiety - 70 cases
Suicidal Ideation - 69 cases
Condition Aggravated - 63 cases
Multiple Drug Overdose - 63 cases
Tremor - 63 cases
Dizziness - 61 cases
Fall - 61 cases
Vomiting - 58 cases
Serotonin Syndrome - 57 cases
Headache - 55 cases
Agitation - 53 cases
Convulsion - 51 cases
Top 20 Lexapro side effects reported to MedWatch between Jan. 2004 and Dec. 2006:
Completed Suicide - 189 cases
Convulsion - 157 cases
Suicidal Ideation - 135 cases
Condition Aggravated - 132 cases
Depression - 131 cases
Nausea - 121 cases
Loss of Consciousness - 117 cases
Dizziness - 104cases
Anxiety - 101 cases
Hyponatraemia - 99 cases
Tremor - 93 cases
Confusional State - 90 cases
Insomnia - 90 cases
Drug Interaction - 87 cases
Suicide Attempt - 87 cases
Agitation - 85 cases
Fatigue - 82 cases
Feeling Abnormal - 82 cases
Headache - 70 cases
Vomiting - 68 cases
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2 comments:

  1. Mark p.s.2April 5, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    erased my post. I wrote this is terrible as when there is a crash it will be due to "human error".

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  2. D BunkerApril 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    Mark, it's not when there is A, crash, .... it will be After there have been 20 Years of crashes: the Same way it took How many years before psychdrugdangers just FOIA-ed the Adverse Reaction Reports out of the FDA?

    And for All those years through All those crashes: it will have Someone Else's Fault, while Pharma's chemicals are backhand touted as 'Safe and Effective' , ..... enough ..... even for Pilots.

    It Couldn't have been the Drugs. The FAA have long been acknowledged as 'WORLD'S GOLD STANDARD' (just like FDA) in the field of Mystic Medi Bio $cience. Take it on faith. They KNOW!

    How the Hell is an Air Traffic Controller supposed to even know Which Antidepressant he’s talking to while he's sorting out planes in the sky? What's next, Haldol?

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