Effexor Class Action Lawsuit

That's exactly what it is! They have no clue the severity of this drugs withdrawal symptoms!!

I was on and off it for about 12-15 years. I finally got switched last year onto something that actually works. That Effexor ER 150 I took gave me a TUMOR on my back last year!!! I just had removed and finding out just now that EFFEXOR XR MAY CAUSE THEM...DIDN'T SAY THAT BACK ALL THE YEARS I'VE TAKEN IT..HUGE MEDICAL BILLS AND PAINS

What is involved. ? Effexor will..eventually cease my life. It stripped away most of what is me. Im in. Its nit even the money. Its ..whats right ! And whats wrong

I missed a dose of effexor xr because the doctor wanted me to come in. The irrationality and dizziness started. Later that day I was able to get my prescription but it took two days to feel normal again. Scared of what will happen if one day can't fill my prescription or I try to wean off. My doctor couldn't understand why I was upset and he told me that effector at just had a half-life of a few hours and there was no way I could be having withdrawal symptoms. That the mood swings and dizziness,nausea and headache must be something else. I was so irritable at work I was sure everyone thought I was going crazy. They aren't giving the patient any information about what happens when they quit taking this medicine.

i want to know can one join the class action law suit concerning Effexor if you want to sue over past problems one believes was caused by the drug but not currently on it?

God I'm so sick.....all I do is throw up nauseated brain electric noises in my head anxiety headaches !
I'm shaking and feel so ill !
I'm a 55 yrar old female and for the last 2 years been on Effexor ER at night I take a 150 mg and a 75mg pill on Thursday I realized I ran out have not been able to contact doctors due to labor day weekend

dID YOU RECEIVE MY BEHAVIOR DESCRIPTION?

I hope you read this. I was on effexor for a year when I almost list my vision and had several cracked teeth not to mention other horrible side effects. Every time I decided to stop the horrible withdrawal symptoms were showing up within 24 hours. I was feeling hopeless and at the age of 35 my health was worst that someone 90 only because of effexor. I had absolutely no medical conditions before starting this medication

Now this is how I was finally able to quit without ANY withdrawal symptoms. I was on 75mg. I told my doctor I wanted to stop taking effexor and needed to use Prozac effexor bridge. Google it if you don't know what it is...the doctor put me on 20mg Prozac. I was taking 1 Prozac 20mg in the morning and 1 effexor 75 mg in the afternoon for 2 weeks. It was enough time foir prozac to be in my blood stream. Then after 2 weeks I went from 75mg of effexor to 37.5. So I was taking 1 Prozac 20mg in the morning and 1 effexor 37.5 for another 2 weeks...after that 2 weeks I was just taking 1 Prozac 20mg in the morning and NO effexor. Its been 2 weeks and no headaches or any other withdrawal symptoms. I'm planning on not taking Prozac in 2 more weeks. If you have tried everything else like I did, do what I did

Ive been on Effexor for 24 yrs and have 9 out of 10 side effects, My main concern has been MAJOR memory loss and have complained to my Dr about my fears and has never told me about all the side effects, this really enrages me. I feel if enough of us complain maybe can start something this drug companies. Please keep us updated if anything becomes of this, I am will to attest to how all the side effects have affected my life

I took Effexor for 6 years to help combat hot flashes. It made me feel lifeless and depressed. I tried several times to get off of it. I would develop heart palpitations, tremors, GI problems, jittery feeling inside and skin disorders. Doctor switched me to Lexapro,Cymbalta and then Prozac. This was all because of hot flashes. I have gone cold turkey for 2 weeks now. It has been rough butI intend to get off this stuff if it kills me, which it may very well do so!

I have been stuck on it for over 10 years!! I take 150mg / day. If it is not in my system within 24 hours the side affects start. Extreme dizziness, confusion, nauseousness, Even when taking it, I get unusual thoughts, night sweats, suicidal thoughts, issues focusing. I have tried 4-5 times by taking a new med and weaning off the effexor, never works.I honestly think I am on this for life! And the bad thing is it isn't even working anymore!!
Please keep me updated if the lawsuit goes through.

OMG! I developed IBS while on Effexor too! I have been without Effexor for a week now and have had very bad withdrawals, which still continue, but emotionally this is the best I have felt in YEARS! I got to the point on that horrible drug where I literally couldn't feel any positive emotions, but I sure felt the negative ones, and RAGE. I have OCD and that became horrible on Effexor, but my psychiatrists at the time thought the problem was that I wasn't working hard enough with my therapist, not that there could be anything wrong with the stupid medication. I was just told "medication can't do everything" over and over when I tried to tell them that I literally COULD NOT experience any positive emotions, and then prescribed higher dosages of this poison. I was on Effexor for 7 years, I have suffered from depression since my teens, but decided to try an anti-depressant again after my Dad passed away. I needed help, but what I got was a medication that seemed to turn on me during the last year or more that I was on it, and my emotional state just kept worsening and no one seemed to want to fault this drug. I hope I can maintain the emotional progress I have made in just one week off this stuff since it is more progress than I made the entire time I was taking it. Effexor was supposed to help with OCD, but in my case, that is laughable. I have been looking online and finding good suggestions about nutritional supplements to take, mostly amino acids like L-Glutamine, L-Carnitine, and NAC along with the herb Bacopa and benadryl. I take Benedryl about every 4 - 5 hours and it helps with the nausea and feeling of electric shocks all over my body. My new Psychiatrist also prescribed Odanestron to help with the debilitating vertigo, nausea and vomiting. I wouldn't be able to get out of the bed without that. I stepped down off this poison faster than she wanted me to, but with each reduction in medication I felt more alive and sane and I really wanted right of the c**p, and from people's stories online, it doesn't seem to matter if you wean off this stuff gradually for a year or a week, you will still go through living hell after your final dose. I can't get over how weak I feel trying to get over these withdrawals, I lost a lot of my vitality during the last year I was on it, and now I feel about 100 years old (I'm 53). I am used to being a very active person, but all my fear and depression had returned worse than ever over the past year, and kept me away from life.

I am suffering so badly with this medication. I can't get off it. My doctor never told me the withdrawal or any of these suicidal thoughts I'm experiencing. I need help and no one seems to understand. I AM INTERESTD IN JOINING THE CLASS ACTION SUIT! I need help getting off these meds. Anyone with suggestions please chime in. I can't believe anyone would be prescribed Effexor. Now I am not only depressed but suicidal and have a codependency situation with major withdrawal symptoms if I even lapse a few hours past my medication time.

I have the same problem!! I am in let me know what you need. 

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We need some kind of headmaster e-mail chain or website for this. Has anyone set that up yet? Is there a main webpage or resource we can all meet up in and see how this whole class action lawsuit thing is coming along??

My girlfriend has nearly died due to the various insane effect of this evil drug. If anyone has any information or is suffering please post here, keep this thread alive, and let's refer each other to where to go for the lawsuit information when it becomes more available!