Tonnington said:
Eight years of data from one of the largest cities in North America, and no relationship between prescription drug use and violent crimes.
Is discontinuation syndrome brought on by therapeutic drug use? If you stop using, you aren't "on the drug" why would you qualify for any stats of therapeutic drugs users and crime.
The rates for "switching" (drug induced hyper/hypo mania) are a proven annoyance of SSRI/SNRI drugs.
Bi-polars and the likes do a fine job of getting into nasty situations without "discontinuation syndrome" and "switched on hyper/hypo mania" so how can there not be an increase?
Try it out for yourself. See what taking and discontinuing is like for yourself.
Just tell your doc you have a neuropathy issue of numbness and tingling in your toes from past non-soft tissue loss frostbite and you'd like to try Cymbalta an SNRI or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.
He/she won't hesitate in following through with your request. It is after all the most marketed Rx to treat the posted neuropathy symptoms.
Dose up for at least 16 weeks and then go cold turkey.
Keep a detailed journal from day one right up until the discontinuation syndrome has subsided 3-4 weeks later. Have your woman keep a journal noting any personality changes in you as well.
It's fairly safe with an LD50 of (male rat) 491 mg/kg
What do you have to lose?
Homeless people are part of such drug studies all the time. The same studies used to create happy results for FDA approval.
Just think about it. Your study won't be biased because you have a home, an income and don't need another 3 points of heroin before sundown.
Come on. Take the Pepsi Challenge!