AND IF YOU TAKE MORE OF THOSE, YOU WILL GET AN OVERDOSE

Oh, those wacky pharmaceutical companies! And the doctors who still actually believe them...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned U.S. drugmaker Wyeth over circulating misleading claims that its antidepressant Effexor outperforms other popular competitors.

Several print materials, including a journal advertisement, misuse data to say more patients suffered fewer symptoms of depression with Effexor than with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, the FDA said.

Wyeth's claim that Effexor is better "has not been demonstrated by substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience," the FDA said in a letter to the company. The letter was released to the public on Friday.

Repeat after me: Anything that fucks with my brain chemicals.... fucks with my brain chemicals.
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