Effexor Class Action Lawsuit

I will join the class action lawsuit! I have been on a 300mg dose for 7 years and when I miss a dose I have to miss school and pretty much cant function because of being electrocuted. I haven't gone off this stuff for that reason- the unbearable pain that I can't imagine I would have after missing 2 doses. I'm way to scared to go off this awful drug.

I'm really sorry to hear that you're struggling with it. Do you have any idea what the status is of the Effexor suit? Or does it even exist? I'm kind of vague on it. Let me know if you have any information...

Count me in i now have blood disorder call ITP Bleeder From a mix of drugs ,and no one was saying anything about side afects of this drug.

Hello. I just Googled "loss of train of thought and odd actions" and this website came up. My aunt was in a terrible car accident this past Wednesday that should have killed her. She has several injuries that include a spinal burst in her back, which could possible parylize her if they are not careful during surgery. She was supposed to be going to work, but her boyfriend followed her because she had stopped at a stop sign....got out, turned around to him and said "where was i going?". That kind of put up a red flag for him, so he followed her. She completely passed up her work, so naturally, he kept following. The further they got out of town, the faster she got. She eventually lost control, and the car flipped end over end and she was ejected. This is not the first episode, but definitely the worst.....and the LAST straw! She has been on Effexor for around 3 years, and she has never been the same! The doctors are telling us that this medication has nothing to do with it, but after reading all of this, I beg to differ! I am definitely going to do some more researching, and try my best to get to the bottom of this! And to get my aunt back!

Isn't it amazing what similar experiences we are all going through? When I research this, there are posts on forums concerning Effexor withdrawal going soooo many years back. How is it possible that physicians see these and still feel comfortable prescribing this drug? I have been on it for 3-4 years now - going up and down in dosage. This is the first time I have really tried to get off the drug, but I always knew that I felt HORRIBLE if I missed a dose... and I would always just think to myself, "wow - I forgot to take my medicine today". I have never experienced anything like this in my life. There are times I feel like anything would be better than going through this... or maybe I should just take the Effexor - but, I have to keep telling myself that I have to get through this somehow and get this toxic chemical out of my system? If it is this difficult to remove it from my body, what is it doing to me in the long-term? I was so irritable, anxious, depressed, etc. on it that I had enough and wanted to try something else... so what does my doctor do? Try to take me off in a week and start Wellbutrin on last day. I had ALL the usual horrible symptoms - physically and mentally. When I called in desperation for help, a solution... something - it is pretty clear this is not considered to be much of a concern to doctors - possibly even exaggerated? I cannot work at this time - had to leave my last job because I could not function on medication (main reason for wanting to switch medications) ---- and then now I am literally too ill to start another job. I am not a sue happy kind of person, but how can I NOT have some sort of case? Well, thanks for reading... venting helps.

If this class action lawsuit is for real. I'll do it! SSRI withdrawl syndrome for over 1 1/2 year. ( 1 1/2 years not a typo) It started within aproximately 24 hours after final dose of Effexor XR (2 week weaning program using the sample pack from my doctor). Vertigo, confusion, loss of memory, speech and motor functions impared. My ENT and Audonuerologist at Loma Linda ruled out inner ear problem like Menieres. ENG (electro nystamgram) indicates possible central nervous system disorder. MRI's and CT scan are clear. Second nuerologist is at least trying to treat symtoms and set me up with Loma Linda specialist. Now the ball is back in his court. Unable to work. can't concentrate.

I don't wanna keep posting here if it bugs people but if anyone has any information on the lawsuit I think it would be helpful to know! Does anyone know where to look?

I've been taking Effexor XR for probably 9 years. I was on Prozac and others in the past. I really liked Effexor because I didn't have the side effects I had with the others...until I missed a dose. I could always tell if I forgot my pill because I started to get those brain zingers. Only one time did I not take my pill the whole day and I was unable to function. Could not drive to work I was so dizzy if dizzy is even the word to call it.
I went to a dr with new health insurance lately and she said she couldn't prescribe the Effexor XR I'd been on for the last 9 years. You want to talk about a panic. I began taking the regular Effexor which is a tablet. This really worked out well because I've been debating trying to ween of for quite some time. I actually am a mental health professional and had talked to a psychiatrist at work about the extreme withdrawal symptoms. I do not think these doctors know what it's truly like to get off of these medications. It is not an addictive drug however whenever you take something for so long your body becomes physically dependent. I cut those tablets by the smallest amount physically possible. Since they aren't XR you have to take them 2x a day. So I was able to reduce by just a quarter or smaller towards the end just at evening dose. Then after I felt ok I would reduce the am dose. I did not miss a single day of work. I have not taken any medication at all for about a week. I took probably the last several months to do this and I believe it was woth taking my time. I just want to know at what point does the irritability and crying go away. Every movie I watch I'm in tears. I get really irritated so easily. At what point is that my personality or is it still withdrawal. I was hoping someone who is further along than me could respond. I don't want my doctor to just try to prescribe me something else.
I did have one friend recommend fish oil to help with withdrawal.

Also does anyone have high cholesterol from Effexor? Or frequent heartburn? Trying to decide if those things could be related.

I was prescribed Effexor XR by a psychiatrist in 2002 at the age of 16 for "generalized anxiety disorder". I took 75mg caps for 3 years and then decided that my life was in a good place and I could stop. I withdrew cold turkey experiencing the electric shocks, the vertigo, my eyes and my brain were not cooresponding, I was crying constantly, couldn't sleep, eat, or walk across the room or turn my head without feeling like I was being shocked. Had to call out of work, lost time and money. Wanted to die. Eventually it passed mostly and slowly over a period of weeks, and not even a year later I had a full blown panic attack out of nowhere. Anxiety and panic are two completely different things.I feel that the medication I was taking for anxiety caused my panic disorder. My anxieties at 16 seemed trivial to me as a 19 year old and I went from one day feeling fine with no anxiety and no medication to the next day feeling like a completely different person. The first attack was so bad that I went to hospital in the middle of a work shift because I thought I was having a heart attack. I went back on the Effexor after having bad side affects from Zoloft as an alternative to control my frequent panic attacks. Effexor was familiar to me, so I took it again reluctantly. 3 more years went by and I stopped taking it again at 22, feeling like I could handle things.I had the same unbearable withdrawals.The panic came back anyway and progressivly got even worse. I am now 23 years old. I have struggled for the past year trying to control my panic and feel like a normal person without drugs. My panic manifested into an intense agoraphobia. I didn't want to leave the house for fear that I would have a panic attack in public and die. I HATE Effexor XR. I feel that the anxieties I had as a 16 year old were probably normal for that age, and the medication that I didn't know any better but to take, left my brain lacking whatever it now needs to respond to the anxieties like a normal person would, thus resulting in my panic disorder and intense agoraphobia, which have inadvertently destroyed a large portion of my young life. If there's a class action lawsuit out there, I'm in.

I'm on effexor 150 and i'm having horrible side effects. i'm sweating, and when i do, it feels like acid is being poured on my skin. I want to get off of it, and have tried several times, but i've found it nearly impossible, even when being weened off of it. I'm not so much worried about a lawsuit as i am worried about the effect this mess is having on my body. someone please help, any links would be greatly appreciated!

Interested in the class action law suit. I can not work in my current condition. Watch for a previous post I put out there tonight. Hang in there everyone :-)

I'm sorry to hear that you cannot work. Can you tell us more about your situation? I'd like to hear about how oyu're coping. I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

i was on effexor for 7 years.i went off effexor for about 8 weeks.i had terrible physical withdrawl even while weaning off slowly.at week 8 had suicidal thoughts ,outburst of anger and paranoia.took effexor for three days and all symptoms were gone.i realize now it was part of the continued withdrawl.i wish i hadnt taken it for three days and hope i dont have to begin the weaaning process again.this is wrong and unfair,that this medication is crippling my life.i have had problems at home and work because of these symptoms.effexor needs to be taken off the shelf!how can i help

my mom just got off 16 days ago and went through everything except no brain or body zapping (thankfully)... is still having issues with insomnia, cold/hot sweats, flu-like aches (or as she puts it "someone took a baseball bat to her entire body"), crying i believe has stopped now but she is still very easily irritated by stupid little things, though she isn't blowing up as much as before. She hasn't taken anything to help although there's a bottle of 5-HTP here, i'm afraid to give her anything else that'll muck with her brain.

Her doc (before he stopped seeing her because her insurance ran out) wouldn't admit any of the symptoms she was having were related to withdrawing... and flat out denied there would be anything other than some minor flu-like symptoms as reported by Wyeth, which is obviously total BS, this forum (and MANY MANY others are testament to that!)

Anyways my question is, is a class action lawsuit still in progress? She would very much like to get involved in anything that is ongoing! Please message me on here. I would leave my email but it seems as if that isn't allowed in these forums (for whatever reason.. spam bots harvesting addresses again?) -- send an email to any name you want (i get all mail coming to this address :)

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Where are you actually located? I think that the class action suit is different for different countries and there are a number of people who post here. Where ar eoyu at?