They state that 4 million Argentines consume antidepressants

The Argentine Union of Pharmacists and Biochemists announced in a report that four million Argentines consume antidepressants because of anxiety and sadness.

Seven months after the suicide of the model Rocío Gancedo, a former Big Brother participant who was thrown into the void from the balcony of her apartment in Las Cañitas neighborhood in Buenos Aires, the case that investigation into the fact stagnates, between family allegations and suspected professional negligence for the prescription of psychiatric drugs.

In this context, a report published this Sunday by Diario Popular reveals that there are 4 million Argentines who consume antidepressants, because of anxiety and of depression.

Marcelo Peretta, Doctor of Pharmacy and Biochemistry and Secretary General of the Argentine Union of Pharmaceutical and Biochemical Products (SAFYB), said that "the brutal death of Rocío Gancedo, who was suffering from chronic depression and was taking antidepressants , far from being forgotten by the time, make us think about the psychiatric drugs, that we consume mbadively and lightly, whose effects are diffuse and the risks more and more obvious, since the suicides are more frequent than It is not imagined. "

A report provided by the expert indicates that in 2001, the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry published only 0.34% users of the drug "paroxetine" had suicidal attempts, recommending the control and continued observation of all treated patients, to detect signs of worsening of the clinical picture and the possibility of changes in behavior. unusual.

While some patients improve with the use of antidepressants at low doses and for a short time, in 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that 4% of children and adolescents treated with antidepressants are at risk of having suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

"Since 2006, all antidepressant leaflets warn that they can produce suicidal ideation and acts, and in the United States and Brazil, the warning is even in the outer package with a black belt. "Antidepressants are among the most prescribed (and self-medicated) psychopharmaceuticals. since anxiety and depression are common diseases, very fashionable.In Argentina, there are 4 million users, 10% of the population, "said Peretta.

In the work done by SAFYB, it is argued that the risk is the same with the 42 varieties available in the country with basic drugs, which shows the case that this health problem involves: Fluoxetine, Sertraline and Paroxetine.

take antidepressants and have suicidal thoughts should immediately stop the medication and consult your doctor, "said, categorically, the pharmaceutical specialist Peretta.

He added:" Before taking medication for depression, you must begin with psychotherapy, individually or in groups, and with a healthy and balanced diet that avoids stressors. "

" Pistachio, vitamin B, potbadium and magnesium t natural nerve regulators, which must be consumed before drugs, which, in addition to suicidal thoughts, fatten, remove sleep, cause migraines and reduce badual desire, "he concluded. (NA)