I know a someone who was given Paxil and became near suicidal. After researching, I convinced this person to go to a different doctor. Instead of experiencing depression, they were suffering from low blood sugar. I wonder how many other innocent victims have been subjected to incorrect medications because the drug company gave a kickback to a doctor?
>> I wonder how many other innocent victims have been subjected to incorrect medications because the drug company gave a kickback to a doctor?<<
Honestly, it's not a kickback many times. It's a great drug rep who knows the ups of his product and not the downs. If that rep goes to a GP and give the right pitch with the little whisper of "not FDA approved for but works great for...." the doctor may push a script.
The other thing that gave an extra to a particular rep was stock bottles and samples. If our office could hand out, say 14 days of Zoloft (which takes 7 days to build to the level a patient needs) it made it easier to see if it worked. If it worked, the patient stayed on it. (and popcorn for the Office Manager made a good friend)
When I was in the business, Prozac was about to go generic. No way did we get samples of this. (Eli Lilly felt no need to push a product they could no longer make money on) If it worked the patient would go generic.
Medicine is not an exact science. Doctors must figure out the problem by the clues given to them. If your friend went to a GP, blood sugar should have been the first thing tested along with thyroid and hormones if female. Like I said, many times the Paxil/Prozac/Zoloft drugs are given like candy. They seem harmless enough until the brain just stops making Serotonin. Then things go wacky.