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In reply to the discussion: Rob Schneider Blames Parkinson's Drugs for Robin Williams' Death [View all]tridim
(45,358 posts)52. IMO what you describe is much worse than just "suicidal thoughts"
Yikes!
I don't take Rx medications so I've never experienced these scary side-effects. I hope I never have to.
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So you don't think it's relevant that the drug he was taking had a side-effect of suicide?
tridim
Aug 2014
#12
I think he has a right to speak of this, same as us. Acting roles are pretty irrelevant.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#40
Maybe the risk that this presented to someone with depression was outweighed by
betterdemsonly
Aug 2014
#11
I was warned of "intense, vivid dreams" if I slept with a nicotine patch on. I tried it.
arcane1
Aug 2014
#17
Congratulations! I was on the gum for 6 months, and now I'm well into 3 months of nothing
arcane1
Aug 2014
#19
Of course, and even if Schneider is "all that" bad, he may well be right about this drug
whathehell
Aug 2014
#55
This is true but I googled it and he is an on the record antivaxxer. n/t
betterdemsonly
Aug 2014
#26
'Suicidal thoughts or actions' is most certainly a listed side effect of many different drugs
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2014
#35
At least SOME treatments for PD and depression are connected to suicide. And in scholarly journals.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#48
there is an endless list of drugs including most anti-depressants that list suicidal thoughts as a
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2014
#51