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To: E who wrote (560)9/9/2002 12:40:56 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Read Replies (2) of 7689
 
These figures clearly speak for themselves.

No they don't. The "population at large" has a suicide rate of 11 per 100,000. But the population at large isn't the relevant comparison. The relevant comparison group is the suicide rate for those who are exhibiting symptoms of the various things that these drugs treat but who don't take the drugs. It seems pretty obvious to me that the average person who feels a need to see a doctor because of depression or anxiety or the other issues that these drugs treat has a higher risk of suicide than the person who pretty much feels ok most of the time.

The argument in that article is like saying that blood pressure medication causes strokes because people who take the medication are still at a higher risk of stroke than people with normal blood pressure who don't even need the medication.
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