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Anxiety medicine and memory loss
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Apr 9 12:13am | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
@malo I understand that your comment is meant to be helpful and yes, it’s always wise to be careful, ask lots of questions of the prescribing provider and read up. Fentanyl is an opioid and was approved for medical use for anesthesia long before the opioid crisis. Fentanyl is a drug of abuse, is addictive, and medical professionals have known that for a very long time. It was OxyContin first approved by the DEA in 1995 that I think you are referring to that physicians were told by the pharmaceutical companies that this medication wasn’t like the older opioids and wasn’t addictive. We now know so much more and how wrong that was.
DEA: Fentanyl
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/Fentanyl-2020_0.pdf
The antidepressant medication discussed here is not addictive. Now someone in the recovery community may disagree with this for different reasons however there is a multitude of research that shows otherwise. When a person’s quality of life including their relationships, family, and work is affected by anxiety then it’s time to discuss what options are available. For some people, this might be medication. These include medications and mental health therapy which is what we’ve been sharing here.
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I guess I wonder where the "multitude of research" you mention originates. Doctors have been given bad information in the past. Given the rapid changes in medical treatments and technologies and the strong profit motive for drug companies to exaggerate claims of efficacy and suppress evidence of negative side effects means, to me, that patients need to proceed with caution. Doctors have to depend on what they are told or shown about the safety of treatments. They can't be expected to read through testing results from the pharmaceutical companies and it's not good if they rely on a sales rep as a source of information. Medical professionals have to be able trust that the government agencies overseeing drug testing have done their jobs but funding cutbacks have damaged these agencies.
If I'm having a bad experience with a medication I get a second opinion from a doctor not affiliated with the office of the prescribing doctor. Maybe the drug isn't damaging my health but if it makes me feel awful I ask for a different medication or other treatment options. After the OxyContin debacle it's hard to trust prevailing medical wisdom and, besides, as a patient I think I have a right to be heard, not just obediently follow.
malo