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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

The guidance includes a new billing code for providers to get paid more easily for stepping patients off the drugs.

No national health insurance, but there's a new "billing code" for patients to experience!

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"We're actually just making the whole pharmaceutical industry illegal. You can only buy my supplements.... Err... I mean, someone's great supplements, that have been Proven* to cure everything... Eventually."

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

"We're going back to the four humours theory. George Washington would still be alive if they just bloodlet him some more."

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

It's just horse dewormer

Oh great a new thing to be anxious about

[–] el_twitto@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Someone should curb him.

[–] thicksliceham@mander.xyz 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The headline is ahocking but the article is so much worse. I got to the part where he suggested shipping black kids off to work farms and I had to stop.

[–] zealouscurmedgeon@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sec Brainworm was asked about that quote, swore up and down he never said it then eventually said he no longer stands by that.

[–] thicksliceham@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Oh, I appreciate the extra context. I was not aware of that. Thank you!

[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I just left an antidepressant because of a side effect. Other than that side effect, it really did help a lot.

However, the withdrawal from leaving was incredibly tough. I was out of commission for like a week and a half. Someone going through that to leave a medication that completely works for them must be even tougher. What a monster.

[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I discovered yesterday that dropping a medication like that without doing it gradually can cause brain damage. If anyone is looking to switch or stop medications that affect brain function, do a little research first and bring this concern up with your doctor. It's my understanding that for some medications, like Xanax, it's best to taper off in order to avoid injury.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Aren't you supposed to manage meds dosage with a medical professional, even in the US, or do people commonly eyeball this? Because stopping those treatments, even for switching molecules, is really part of the treatment itself.

[–] deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Xanax is straight up a narcotic too so you better be damn careful with the withdrawals. But other semi related note I could take 1mg of that shit back in high school and get FUCKED up for like a whole day and a half. Like 30 hours later I wake up still high as fuck and it feels like 3 hours passed. Remember only like 2 things that happened. I don’t even have anxiety I could imagine what it does for those who have panic attacks n stuff

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

It's different for everyone and depends on how long you were taking them, but it's really hard on a lot of people. I got withdrawal for over a year getting off venlafaxine (the devil). I've been on a different one much longer and I expect to need months to wean off should this idiot actually ban them. I'm considering starting now just in case, but I fear I'll be too unstable without them. Fuck this guy seriously.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Idk heroin made me less depressed for quite a while