Thursday, February 17, 2011

Dr. Cox chymes in on Seroquel XR. You've GOT to be kidding!

Do you know anyone taking this medicine? The commercial is 1 minute and 31 seconds. The first 1 minute 14 seconds is spent listing all the side effects.

The list includes: thoughts of suicide (the drug can increase these in children, teens, and young adults), dementia patients have an increased risk of death, call your doctor if you have fever, stiff muscles or confusion, as these can be signs of a life threatening condition, uncontrollable muscle movements which could become permanent, high blood sugar leading to coma or death, increased cholesterol, weight gain, dizziness, impaired judgement, and trouble swallowing.

Are you kidding me? Am I the only one who sees a problem here? How can this be allowed to be promoted on television?

Sorry if I'm being abrasive, but this is crazy!

Just my two cents.

Watch for yourself: