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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 6 Sep 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Los Angeles Times

      What a horribly irresponsible article in @latimes! @Davidlaz is not a drug addict. He has a medical condition that requires medical treatment and does poorly when it's not treated. We don't call diabetics "insulin addicts," even though they can't stop their insulin.🤦‍♂️https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1170059104297127938 …

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      Los Angeles TimesVerified account @latimes
      Columnist @davidlaz has spent the last year and a half trying to get off antidepressants. “At first I felt a bit better. Now I feel worse...I've even started thinking about going back on antidepressants, maybe for the rest of my life,” he says. https://lat.ms/2lA1MMX 
      19 replies 68 retweets 254 likes
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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 6 Sep 2019

      Even worse is the comparison with opioid addiction. It's just a manifestation of the stigma of mental illness. Being dependent on insulin or antihypertensives to ward off complications of one's disease is acceptable, but being dependent on antidepressants is "addiction."

      1:50 PM - 6 Sep 2019
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 6 Sep 2019

          It's a horrible message. Articles like this stigmatize depression and being on antidepressants. They could lead depressed people to try to kick their antidepressant "addiction" cold turkey, which could lead to their suicides.

          6 replies 12 retweets 75 likes
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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 6 Sep 2019

          Really, @latimes. Stop. Just stop. Don't continue this series. It's irresponsible in the extreme, and it stigmatizes depression.

          3 replies 10 retweets 72 likes
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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 6 Sep 2019

          Thanks to other threads, I came across this excellent article on lifetime medication for psychiatric conditions. It helped me, as a "normal" person, understand better. https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/what-its-like-to-be-on-antidepressants-long-term.html …

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        2. Ono no Komachi‏ @OnoNoKomachi1 9 Sep 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          The comparison with opioid addiction is ridiculous. As a pharmacist, I don’t see people constantly running out of any antidepressants because they were “lost or stolen”. We don’t bother to lock up the Prozac in a safe.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Ono no Komachi‏ @OnoNoKomachi1 9 Sep 2019
          Replying to @OnoNoKomachi1 @gorskon

          In all seriousness, this author conflates substances that have a physical withdrawal syndrome with those that are psychologically addictive/result in cravings.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Hayley Roebuck‏ @tiajasper1 11 Sep 2019
          Replying to @gorskon

          I'd love to have half an hour with you and tell you what duloxetine did to my life.

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        3. ...‏ @areyookiddingme 13 Sep 2019
          Replying to @tiajasper1 @gorskon

          I feel the weight of your comment and it is heavy 😓

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