acne medication

[Guest guest]

Prozac and its relatives aren't going to be banned any time soon, but maybe

they should be. I personally just advocate banning things that by their

very existence are an assault on a community, such as Heroin and Plutonium.

We have a lot to learn about that.

 

I do believe that if Prozac were banned tomorrow, some underground groups

would emerge to manufacture it and sell it on the streets. So you are

absolutely right, the key is education. That's why i hang out on these

lists, because these are the places where education happens.

 

Now i'm going to shut up and check out that link. Thanks! And if you get

enough flame, could you send some this way? It's kinda cold this morning in

my Wyoming wilderness cabin.

 

At 10:11 AM 1/10/02 -0600, you wrote:

>Hi everyone,

>

>Yesterday when it was brought up that the boy who crashed the plane in FL

was on an acne med. that could cause depression or suicidal tendencies I

admit I was a little doubtful of the claim. But there it was on the news

this morning: http://www.msnbc.com/news/682652.asp?pne=11947 . I agree that

pharmaceutical co.'s and the FDA need to stop creating and approving as

" safe " chemical potions in the names of science and medicine. But isn't

there an individual responsibility here too? Usually (as in the acne med.

case) the side effects are right there in black and white. The choice is

the patient's (or the patient's parents in the case of minors) whether or

not to take it seriously and weigh the possible risks with the possible

benefits.

>

>We (the general public) need to be more discerning and do more research on

what we take instead of listening to the doctor say " Its a good thing. "

Now, if there was an herb that could cause serious side effects, we would be

responsible to know the facts and take the consequences of our own actions.

If fact there are herbs that are downright dangerous if misused. When we

try to get medications " banned " (or the equivalent) aren't we doing the same

thing the FDA is trying to do to herbs? I personally think we need to focus

on education and personal responsibility more than political action and

legislation.

>

>Just my thoughts. I'm going to go put on my fire-proof pajamas now.

>JC = )

[Guest guest]

Good concepts here JC.

 

Errrrrrrrrrr, where do you get fireproof pajamas??? ;o)

 

Love,

 

Doc

 

Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.505-772-5889Dr.IanShillington

 

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Schwillings

herbal remedies

Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:11 AM

[herbal remedies] acne medication

 

Hi everyone,

 

Yesterday when it was brought up that the boy who crashed the plane in FL was on an acne med. that could cause depression or suicidal tendencies I admit I was a little doubtful of the claim. But there it was on the news this morning: http://www.msnbc.com/news/682652.asp?pne=11947 . I agree that pharmaceutical co.'s and the FDA need to stop creating and approving as "safe" chemical potions in the names of science and medicine. But isn't there an individual responsibility here too? Usually (as in the acne med. case) the side effects are right there in black and white. The choice is the patient's (or the patient's parents in the case of minors) whether or not to take it seriously and weigh the possible risks with the possible benefits.

 

We (the general public) need to be more discerning and do more research on what we take instead of listening to the doctor say "Its a good thing." Now, if there was an herb that could cause serious side effects, we would be responsible to know the facts and take the consequences of our own actions. If fact there are herbs that are downright dangerous if misused. When we try to get medications "banned" (or the equivalent) aren't we doing the same thing the FDA is trying to do to herbs? I personally think we need to focus on education and personal responsibility more than political action and legislation.

 

Just my thoughts. I'm going to go put on my fire-proof pajamas now.

JC = )