Reports, speculations, rumors abound concerning the health of Hillary Clinton. Among them: she has Parkinson's.
Obviously, the situation would be clarified if we had access to a
complete and unbiased analysis of her health and medical treatment. But
how likely is that?
Meanwhile, if Hillary has been diagnosed with Parkinson's, there are
drugs that are routinely prescribed, and their adverse effects should be
noted.
For example, the drug
L-dopa. Here, from WebMD, are several side effects that would raise serious questions:
aggressive behavior; altered mental status; blood pressure drop upon standing; depression; mood changes; anxiety; confusion.
Another popular Parkinson's drug is
Sinemet. RXlist mentions these adverse effects:
lightheadedness; mental/mood changes; agitation; hallucinations; depression; thoughts of suicide.
With either drug, resulting depression could be treated with an SSRI antidepressant, such as
Paxil. That drug also has adverse effects.
Among the side effects of
Paxil listed by Drugs(dot)com:
weakness; dizziness; blurred vision; visual disturbance; lack of concentration; anxiety; confusion.
Psychiatrist and author, Dr. Peter Breggin, writes (
"FDA Warns that Paxil Makes Depressed Adults Suicidal"):
"In a May 2006 release in collaboration with the manufacturer
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the FDA has acknowledged the antidepressant Paxil
causes a statistically significant increased rate of suicidality in
depressed adults as measured in controlled clinical trials. The results
are based on a re-analysis of all adult controlled clinical trials that
compared Paxil with placebo. Buried in the FDA/GSK release is an
astounding fact:
Depressed people are 6.4 times more likely to become suicidal while taking an antidepressant than while taking a sugar pill." [Emphasis in original]
What about antidepressants, such as Paxil, leading to violence? Writing in Psychology Today, Robert Whitaker, author of
Mad in America, states (
"Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: A Review of FDA Data Finds A Link"):
"There has been an enduring controversy over whether psychiatric
medications can trigger violent actions toward others. A review of the
FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System by Thomas Moore, Joseph Glenmullen
and Curt Furberg, which was published by
PLoS One on December
15 [2010], found that such 'adverse events' are indeed associated with
antidepressants and several other types of psychotropic medications."
Note: Sudden withdrawal from antidepressants can trigger quite severe and dangerous adverse effects.
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