Re: medication caused depresion for me

From: tech27 (tech27_at_mail.anonymizer.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:08:15 GMT

How HUGE a moron Jan must be to tell someone to stop taking meds. In spite
of the op's concerns, you have absolutely NO business prescribing or
unprescribing medications.

The correct answer is to see your doctor immediately.

"Jan" <jan_anderson764@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:abddb356.0406220944.2819d6cb@posting.google.com...
> Tony, get off this medication and talk to your doctor.
>
> 2k@vcn.bc.ca (Tony) wrote in message
> news:<74a2ddcb.0406191856.48a00e93@posting.google.com>...
> > I was prescribed Clarithromycin Biaxin xl 500mg a week ago to
> > clear up my asthma. It did the trick. But recently, I've begun
> > experiencing some of the awful side effects listed on the
> > monograph given by my pharmacist.
> >
> > The side effects I've experienced were changes in emotions, mood
> > changes and depression. It didn't occur to me that it might be
> > the medication causing this until yesterday, when I became so
> > depressed I actually thought of suicide! I had even gone
> > thought the planing in my head as to how and where to end it
> > all! And that life isn't worth living anymore. But suddenly
> > this morning I 'snapped out of it' and realized what was
> > happening when a co-worker asked me why I looked so sad lately.
> >
> > I've stopped taking it and will be checking with my doctor this
> > week. Are these side effects common? Perhaps they happen to
> > effect me more than others?
> >
> > I hope to warn other users of this medication
> >
> > =====
> > Tony Roy
> > t2k@vcn.bc.ca

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