Does anyone else think that Eliot Spitzer occasionally is too focused on his "causes". The New York Times > New York Sues Maker of Antidepressant Drug Paxil. Anecdotal evidence is not evidence, I realize, but I could provide some anecdotal evidence that giving Paxil to people under 18 is sometimes for the best. And I think it's likely this lawsuit will only make parents panic, thereby decreasing the likelihood that some people who really need it will get Paxil.
Of course, I know that some drugs are overprescribed. And I know there are many that are overprescribed in kids. But I worry for the ones who need this medication who won't get it now...and will therefore have the hell of adolescence magnified several times over by a pain of depression that could be eased.
- posted by Heidi @ 3:26 PM