Cruise defends Scientology in Travolta son's death

Axcess News ^ | 1.10.09 | Alan Fein

[TigersEye]

...his defense of his and Travolta's religious believes as practicing Scientologists was just the opposite of when Cruise criticized actress Brooke Shields over her use of anti-depressants to treat her post-partum depression. So apparently, in the Travolta's case, it's OK to take medicine but in Shields' case, it wasn't. So which is it Tom?

He explained the difference between the two cases and the two types of medications used. Apparently the author didn't bother to watch the interview.

Yet as-soon-as Cruise agreed to appear on ABC's The View, here he is again bringing up his religious beliefs on this time,...

I thought Barbara Walters brought it up. And rather unfairly forced him to defend himself against malicious accusations in the context of grieving for a friend's loss of a child just a few days before.

This author is more repugnant than the View Hoes. He isn't just sloppy he is a liar. Hopefully this will wake up some celebrities to what an abomination The View is at least.

[Dianna]

Prior to that time, the Travolta's had stopped giving Jett an anti-seizure medication called Depakote (divalproex sodium) - though Jett's parents had talked to doctors about discontinuing the anti-seizure medication saying it was no longer affective for their son Jett.

The article above may well be wrong, but it did say the boy was taking depakote for the seizures. That medication is used for both epilepsy and bi-polar disorder. I would guess that traditional epilepsy meds may have not worked well, so they went to a more extreme med. Unfortunately, they're saying that med stopped working as well.

As a parent, I don't know WHAT the heck I would do in a situation like that.

[Dianna]

Prior to that time, the Travolta's had stopped giving Jett an anti-seizure medication called Depakote (divalproex sodium) - though Jett's parents had talked to doctors about discontinuing the anti-seizure medication saying it was no longer affective for their son Jett.

The article above may well be wrong, but it did say the boy was taking depakote for the seizures. That medication is used for both epilepsy and bi-polar disorder. I would guess that traditional epilepsy meds may have not worked well, so they went to a more extreme med. Unfortunately, they're saying that med stopped working as well.

As a parent, I don't know WHAT the heck I would do in a situation like that.

[Pylon]

Dilantin only works if it is found that low Dilantin levels cause the seizures. I took Dilantin for a couple years and finally got off that nasty stuff and take Depakote now.