Suicide Paxil 13/09/2004 U.S.A. Man Never Diagnosed with Depression Kills Self
 
 Summary:<br><br><div><br /><a href="http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/04/transcripts/2004-4065T1.htm">http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/04/transcripts/2004-4065T1.htm<br /><br /><br /></a>MS. GRUDER:&nbsp; <strong>My name is Deborah Gruder.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My husband, Scott, was never diagnosed, ever, with<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; depression but on March 30th, the morning of March<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 30th, after being on Paxil for 13 days--13 days<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; only--he went to Walmart at 7:16 a.m. and bought a<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shotgun and returned to his office and locked the<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; door and shot himself.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neither he nor I had any idea that there<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; was any need to beware.&nbsp; We were never told we<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; should beware.&nbsp; We knew people who had been on<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paxil or other SSRIs and we had seen many of them<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; benefit, and we had seen the numerous television<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; commercials that showed people that were in very<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; desperate psychological trouble, after taking<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SSRIs, all of a sudden they were dancing through<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fields of flowers; they were laughing; they were<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; happy.&nbsp; This is what we knew.&nbsp; We didn&#39;t know there<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; was anything to be concerned about.&nbsp; Not once--not<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; once did we ever see in any of these<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; commercials--we never-ever saw a follow-up of<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anyone stepping off of a bridge into the icy waters<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of a river to their death.&nbsp; We never saw a woman<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lock herself behind her bathroom doors and slice<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; herself up with scissors.&nbsp; We never saw anyone take<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a gun and go behind closed doors and shoot<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; themself.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My husband and I did not once hear about<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the subpopulation of people, which evidently he<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; belonged to, that had a very adverse reaction to<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paxil and other SSRIs.&nbsp; Early this year I<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; understand, and for the past 10-15 years you have<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; been aware that there is a problem with SSRIs.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shame on you!&nbsp; Shame on you for being aware when<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; you should be protecting us, the people, all these<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; people sitting behind me!&nbsp; My story is not unlike<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; theirs.&nbsp; You should be protecting us.&nbsp; Where were<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; you?&nbsp; Where have you been?&nbsp; Why haven&#39;t you done<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anything about this?&nbsp; This is just a small<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; percentage of people that have had a loved one die<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; violently because you have not done your job...<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Applause]<br /><br /></strong></div> 
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