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gcomeau

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23. Can we correct the headline?

Sat Sep 19, 2015, 08:04 PM

Sep 2015

To "Paid shills said..." perhaps, in the interests of accuracy? As written it carries the implication people were actually seriously trying to research the effects rather than trying to manufacture an outcome for their employer. Those people were not "researchers".

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Researchers said a popular antidepressant was safe for teens. It was actually deadly. [View all] villager Sep 2015 OP

60 years ago M.D.s told patients to smoke olddots Sep 2015 #1

Really? WinkyDink Sep 2015 #24

Yes that's true arikara Sep 2015 #48

How many kids must a company have to kill for its management to be prosecuted and put in jail? cpompilo Sep 2015 #2

k/r Johnson & Johnson "created a powerful drug, promoted it illegally, covered up side effects" nationalize the fed Sep 2015 #3

A lot mercuryblues Sep 2015 #6

When science depends on getting paid... Octafish Sep 2015 #4

That simple malaise Sep 2015 #5

I've always been fascinated how supposedly intelligent people have that simple concept Rex Sep 2015 #8

I doubt it goes over the head of otherwise intelligent people. I think something else pnwmom Sep 2015 #12

On this we agree 100%. Rex Sep 2015 #13

+1000. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #16

Corruption is a certainty. sulphurdunn Sep 2015 #20

well said. LeftOfWest Sep 2015 #43

I see this happening with vaccines arikara Sep 2015 #49

this just shows we need MORE blind faith! MORE! ~~Dr DWS MisterP Sep 2015 #7

Once again, self-injury and suicide are the EFFECTS .. ananda Sep 2015 #9

The Science* was Settled*. Shandris Sep 2015 #10

One obviously flawed study versus hundreds and hundreds of solid studies. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #26

Whatever helps your cognitive dissonance. nt laundry_queen Sep 2015 #30

No cognitive dissonance. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #32

Are you forgetting the third test Paxil went through? ryan_cats Sep 2015 #36

Lots and lots of cognitive dissonance. villager Sep 2015 #37

Now you're just not even bothering to read my posts, lovely. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #38

Actually, you never said that as explicitly as you stated it just now villager Sep 2015 #40

BS. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #52

... NuclearDem Sep 2015 #54

Trying to argue with pro-gmo is like trying to argue with pro-paxil. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #55

Trying to argue with woo-woos is like trying to argue with bananas. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #56

Science is woo-woo. Corporate "scientific research" is untrue. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #57

I'm actually legitimately dumbfounded by this statement. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #58

... Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #59

Just further proof of America's declining standards of science education. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #60

Yes, especially when some are so quick to believe the oligarchs lies. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #61

Or their lack of conscience. LeftOfWest Sep 2015 #44

How many of the hundreds and hundreds of studies truebluegreen Sep 2015 #31

This information has been presented many countless times here. NuclearDem Sep 2015 #33

Really? truebluegreen Sep 2015 #34

There's a slight difference in the scientific community's capabilities NuclearDem Sep 2015 #35

True. I'd also say there's a difference truebluegreen Sep 2015 #46

And the science on GMOs has been settled and ANY GMO EVER produced will be safe. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #11

That stuff is poison MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #14

I agree. killbotfactory Sep 2015 #15

It was crazier than hallucinogenics MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #17

I thought getting off Paxil was bad until I started trying to get off of Nexium. LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #18

Ow. That sucks too! MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #19

I used to run to my md and get a ECG, she would loot at it and toss me a bottle of Nexium. My LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #22

Try meditation. Stevepol Sep 2015 #28

And lots of other "woo" therapies work well such as emdr, eft, chanting, art therapy, etc.... Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #53

Not just kids. SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #21

Can we correct the headline? gcomeau Sep 2015 #23

is it any wonder that many don't believe the "science" from climate change to vaccines? nt bbgrunt Sep 2015 #25

I'm shocked, shocked I say! Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #27

Who could have guessed truebluegreen Sep 2015 #29

I was on Paxil for quite a long time davidpdx Sep 2015 #39

Why, cheap medication is for suckers! Certainly not for corporations! villager Sep 2015 #41

Your post had nothing to do with my reply davidpdx Sep 2015 #42

Um, I wasn't snarking, but agreeing with your observation about the expense villager Sep 2015 #45

Sorry about that davidpdx Sep 2015 #62

Ah, this has happened to me once or twice villager Sep 2015 #63

This is good to know. LWolf Sep 2015 #47

LBN: 'Mischief' in old study claiming drug is safe. bananas Sep 2015 #50

"Mischief," eh? villager Sep 2015 #65

And can cause seizures. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #51

I remember that...I was prescribed it in grad school... Blue_Tires Sep 2015 #64