justice for victims of klonopin/rivotril

blocco · Principiante Registrato: Jun 24, 2004 Messaggi: 23 Residenza: Italia

sul rivotril ho trovato questo:http://www.petitiononline.com/K12345/petition.html, justice for victims of klonopin/rivotril,The withdrawal of Klonopin/Rivotril has resulted in one or more of the following: electric-shock feelings, seizure, vertigo, chest pain, anxiety, agitation, psychosis, memory problems, muscle weakness, suicidal feelings, palpitations, tinnitus, over sensitivity to light and sound, head pressure, feeling of unreality, hair breakage, impaired vision, dexterity, breathing difficulties, shaking and inner tremors, slurred speech and in many cases death. These medication induced effects were ignored or underplayed which resulted in our overall inability to function normally for lengthy periods, in some cases years after discontinuing use.

Proper disclosure to consumers has not been made that Klonopin is to be used for short term only. Nor that Klonopin/Rivotril has not tested been tested for long term effects. The information on the web site indicates testing has only been done for 9 weeks.

We all know that taking prescription medication involves some risks and that with each medication some percentage of patients are likely to experience adverse results. We strongly feel however, that the risks involved with the usage of Klonopin/Rivotril is greater than the medical community informed us and that the American Psychiatric Association, the FDA and Roche Pharmaceuticals has known of these risks but failed to communicate them.

Our lives have been negatively, unexpectedly, and undeservingly impacted by Klonopin/Rivotril. We were not given full disclosure of this medications adverse effects, and many of us suffered greatly because of this failure to warn. Therefore, our purpose with this petition is to share information that we have gathered so that others will have adequate knowledge and be able to fully discuss options and risks of the use of Klonopin/Rivotril with qualified medical professionals before they make any final choice regarding initiating these types of medications. Thereby being able to be a knowledgeable consumer and make the appropriate decisions together with their physicians in regards to their own medical treatment and might be spared the suffering we have experienced first hand.

By this petition let it be made clear that we are not advocating the non-use of Klonopin/Rivotril because this medication's possible benefits to the public at large is beyond our scope of knowledge, however we do request that Roche Pharmaceuticals:

1. Enforce long term testing of Klonopin/Rivotril
2. Disclosure of all side effects and withdrawal effects on product literature and to prescribes and pharmacies.
3. Equal and consistent prescribing guidelines to physicians worldwide.
4. Provide information on medication in various languages on web site.

A significant number of us have found that the disclosure regarding the side effects of Klonopin is significantly misleading to the consumer. This cannot continue and we hope you will make changes in your practices that will respect our rights as human beings and individuals.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Non conosco benissimo l'inglese,però nn sembra bello...

Carota · Inviato: Mon Jun 28, 2004 20:10 pm Oggetto:

clelia · Inviato: Mon Jun 28, 2004 23:34 pm Oggetto:

Pauraaaaaaaa Shocked

,alla larga dal rivotril!!!!!! Evil or Very Mad

blocco · Inviato: Mon Jun 28, 2004 23:57 pm Oggetto:

no clelia prendilo, se no la roche mi manda i suoi scagnozzi a casa, e se la prende con me che ho postato quell'articolo,lunga vita alla roche! roche for president..., in che senso come si fa a testare un nuovo farmaco nel lungo periodo?
esiste anche un principio di precauzione a livello scientifico...

Carota · Inviato: Tue Jun 29, 2004 00:42 am Oggetto:

homer · Inviato: Tue Jun 29, 2004 01:11 am Oggetto: RIV

Io sto prendendo il rivotril da tre mesi, e devo dire che mi trovo benissimo,sento che a differenza del tavor, ti rende lucido e non fobico..
qualcuno vuole tradurmi meglio l'articolo? grazie