Hugh James, worst of comparator class, is only drug patients get off & stay off.

1998 total prescriptions for the SSRI / SNRI drug class were 8,27 Million, in 2008 total prescriptions for just one of the drug class, Citalopram / Cipramil, were over 8.99 Million.






Data collection reference:

Department of Health; NHS; Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) - England.

1998 to 2007:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/PublicationsAndStatistics/Statistics/StatisticalWorkAreas/StatisticalHealthCare/DH_4086488

2008: 
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/PCA%202008/PCA%202008.pdf

Significantly, the parliamentary interest and media coverage given to Seroxat and the continuing down trend in Paroxetine prescriptions has had NO impact on the overall marginal trend increases in prescription numbers for the drug class, although ALL are affected by the same ADRs, side effects and withdrawal problems.



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