Effexor Class Action Lawsuit

I took 100 MG per day for over 2 yrs. It was at least 6 months or more before I felt normal again. What felt like electric shock would happen in my face several times a day and it was scary. If that waset bad enoughabits, depression set in, and I wasn't myself. I knew it was caused by getting off the effexor.

This drug is pure evil! I just woke up out of my bed in pool of sweat after dreaming of being shot repeatedly and actually feeling warm blood coming out of my mouth from the dream. This dream was so real. I kept seeing my death occurring over and over again in the same dream of being shot with an automatic weapon. I have quit taking this drug now for 5 days and the side effects and these type of dreams are excruciating. During the day, I'm having serious "brain zaps" , quick numbness on various parts of my body, seeing things that are not there, hearing quick second unusual noise in my ears, irritability issues, negative thoughts, nausea, trouble sleeping and when I'm finally tired enough to go I'm afraid to sleep bcz of the dreams. My children's have suffered throughout the night bcz of me having these dreams by hearing me cry, yell out, and pleading with people I never saw in my life to not shoot or stab me. I decided to flush these pills 5 days ago after giving my life back to God, now I'm suffering terribly of these withdrawal symptoms. 

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My name is Carole. I was on effexor for several years, the last three years, my dose was 360/day. I suffered from seratonin syndrome, and when I quit the medication, I was weaned down to the lowest dose and still, I thought I was going to have to check in to a rehab facility, or detox. It was ridiculous, the withdrawal symptoms and no one ever said anything about how bad it would be. If I had known that, I would have never taken the medication. please keep me abreast of the lawsuit.

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I was on Effexor for 5 yrs and when my doc increased it I had an allergic reaction (not the fault of Effexor). We did the weaning process and I am about 2weeks off and taking Wellbutrin to help. I am a total basket case. I still have periods of sweating, crying outbursts, lots of anger and being mean to others, and last but not least panic attacks and brain zaps. I can't believe that my doctor did t know what withdrawal would be like when he prescribed it in the first place. I am with you on the class action suit. Tell me what I need to do.

Hi to have been on Effexor XR 7 years. I would do anything to be able to free myself completely from this drug. I'm now on 75 milligrams a day but I'm not sure if I can get completely off of it. I have the same failed attempts as everyone has described in these post. I would love to see or here of a class action lawsuit so can someone please update if they hear of anything.

Oh my gosh please don't take Wellbutrin I am just coming off of that as well with no side effects of the withdrawal symptoms but I had to come off of it because I had so much hair loss. I will advise if you take Wellbutrin to pay close attention to your hair and your brushes to watch for hair loss. And Wellbutrin did nothing to help me withdraw from the Effexor XR 75 milligrams a day.

So where is the info for the class action at? I would be willing to sign up and help bring attention to this horrible drug. My background: former law enforcement officer, background in psychology, drug abuse counselor for kids at schools. Reason I'm now on this site is my wife has been on it for 4 years. Taking 75mg effexor 2-3 daily. These meds are so expensive that even her disability doesn't hardly cover it. Out of the blue she decided she wanted to quit them. With my substance abuse/ withdraw background I was very aware of the symptoms and withdrawal dangers so I warned her if any thing other than normal goes on I need to know automatically. The other night she had gone two days problem free other than the occasional brain glitch. It was around 2 am and I couldn't sleep and didn't have a cigarette so I ran to the store to get a pack when I got a call from my wife she was screaming and crying asking me for help. I asked her what was wrong in fear someome broke in and she said she woke up and felt severely suicidal and took my BP meds. She called 911 and my Fire/Ems buddy that lives on the property came up and helped her while I ran back home. I get home and the ambulance is there and the EMT's are loading her up. She was very nervous, apologetic, and even confused as to why she would even do this. She hadn't had any issues for 2 days prior and when we went to sleep all was normal. Effexor is a horrible drug. Absolutely the worst I've heard of. I took paxil for PTSD for two months and thought it was bad but my god this drug needs to be stopped. I've been told it's as bad as Heroin to stop. Where can I get info of the lawsuit. Please let me know. Thanks. 

unfortunately, there is no lawyer willing to step up and represent those of us harmed by effexor. In your particular case, you may want to consult a personal injury attorney. I have been following and contributing to this site in hopes it will get us a hearing and some justice. The attorneys I have spoke with have several excuses why they won't take this case forward; mostly because this drug company has enough money to string the case along until we are all dead.Effexor is far worse to get off of because it drastically changes neural chemistry and synaptosomes; in some long term users it could actually shut the brain down. Some people are never able to quit the drug because the damage cannot be reversed. Effexor withdrawal really has no adequate comparisons; meth, heroin, alcohol are all easier to kick than effexor and do far less damage to metabolism overtime. Good luck.

PS. please see long post on page 50. It discusses a few legalities.

My husband was on Effexor for 8 years before we realized it was the cause of so many things. Even with a very slow w/d, there was still the "suicidal phase" that was absolutely terrifying for me.
Good luck to you both.

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Hope you are on the road to recovery! We need to make these drug makers pay for the lives they ruin!!! Hugs from Australia

Well she ended up in a mental health facility till Thursday and instead of taking her off of it and starting her on something new they continued the drug. I'm so sick of this.

They now want me to be inpatient....to try to raise Venlafaxine again even though ive had problems the last 2 years on it...was a wonder drug for 10 years. They want me to consider ECT..