By Ann Blake-Tracy on February 25, 2012
I have to agree with Dr. Peter Breggin on this article & would encourage you to read it & educate yourself about this drug.
But what I would add that was not addressed here is how often Xanax is prescribed in antidepressant withdrawal thereby causing Xanax to take responsibility for what the antidepressant withdrawal actually caused or exacerbated the effects. If that is a possibility in Whitney Houston’s case we do not know because that information has not been shared & is rarely addressed or considered.
Another important issue not addressed here is that Ambien is in this same group of drugs & most are aware of the very serious problems with this Benzo.
Also when Xanax was introduced to the market ~ supposedly to replace its extremely addictive sister drug, Valium ~ it is amazing to see it made it to approval when you consider that 1/3 of those in the clinical trials for Xanax could not withdraw from this drug due to its extremely addictive properties!!!
www.huffingtonpost.com
Reports that Xanax and other benzos are not usually lethal when taken alone are vastly misleading. Xanax is rarely taken alone. Why? Because as much or more than any other prescribed drug, Xanax causes medication spellbinding.
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Posted in Celebrity Cases, Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Alcohol Abuse, Anti-depressants, Depression, Dr. Peter Breggin, prescription drugs, serotonin, ssri stories, Warnings, Whitney Houston, Xanax
Ann Blake-Tracy, Executive Director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness (www.drugawareness.org)
Author: Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? - Our Serotonin Nightmare
Withdrawal CD: Help! I Can't Get Off My Antidepressant!
She has specialized since 1990 in adverse reactions to serotonergic medications (such as Prozac, Sarafem, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, Serzone, Remeron, Anafranil, Fen-Phen, Redux and Meridia as well as the new atypical antipsychotics Zyprexa, Geodon, Seroquel and Abilify), as well as pain killers, and has testified before the FDA and congressional subcommittee members on antidepressants.