Fibromyalgia Drug Savella Should Be Pulled From Market, Says Public Citizen Group Savella (milnacipran; Cypress Bioscience, Inc. and Forest Laboratories, Inc.) because it has highly questionable clinical efficacy and has been found, in randomized controlled trials, to cause a large number of potentially serious adverse reactions including hypertension, increased heart rate, and increased suicidal ideation. On July 23, 2009, milnacipran’s approval for fibromyalgia was denied in the European Union for these very same efficacy and safety reasons....

Submitted Nov. 9, 2011

this doctor is a quack. i hate to put it that way - but he is. i asked not to be prescribed a certain medication for my severe back pain and he did so anyway, leaving me high and dry. now i have to seek further medical attention by a doctor competent enough to look at my chart instead of just going off of his own instincts. ALSO, he didn't even look at my back, just checked my reflexes, and told me i have a herniated disc. really?

Submitted Sept. 28, 2011

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