People kill themselves because they want to, not because a drug made them do it . Without the general wish being there, it won't just suddenly pop up out f nowhere. And it's more likely that those who get those drugs are depressed anyway and so more likely to commit suicide.

Remember, death by drowning in Brighton rises as ice cream sales go up...

Cinnamon, London,

The reification of scientific medicine has resulted in the elimination the dictum 'first do no harm'. The administration of medicine results in what is referred to as 'side effects' which is a term used to obscure the fact that drugs produce effects beyond the scope that they are intended to address.

Scientific medicine has reified the study of human health through the chemical-biological paradigm which analytically discards the living consciousness from the realm of understanding health and does not understand the relationship between the physical and phenomenological domains of the human being.

The effects of supposedly non-psychotropic drugs may be difficult to detect but the adverse reaction on the mind is brought about through the psysiological alterations of cellular processes and the feedback mechanism of this alteration which results in shifts of bio- energy circuits which the person experiences in the form of changes in energy, mood and thought process.

Greg Hessenauer, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Those 4 drugs listed are not the only drugs that can cause mental changes that are debilitating. I took Celexa for a few months, realized it was making me behave in impulsive ways I knew were not necessarily beneficial, so I stopped. I was fine for about 2 weeks, then I went down fast. For months, I was feeling worse & worse. At that time, I did not have a psychiatrist or family doctor, I had no one to talk to & furthermore, I didn't feel like going anywhere. I basically became a shut-in, going out rarely, seeing almost no one, sometimes spending 22 hrs/day in bed. It took me about a year after I stopped taking it to even start feeling "normal".

I do not think anyone should be prescribed anti-depressants unless they have frequent doctor visits with close supervision all the while they are taking them & afterward. They can - and do - cause a person to act & feel completely different. I can see how some people would commit suicide, because I thought about it often.

Jennie, SC, USA

It is the responsibility of every doctor who prescribes these drugs to make sure that their patients aren't getting depressed and for them to have regular check ups. Anything less is not good practice. Anyone with acne has low self esteem anyway or they wouldn't come and ask for Roaccutane. Acne scars people and it is disfiguring.

The profession has known about Roaccutane and its side effects for over a decade or more.

Why is no one looking after people properly? or is it the case that this is another little spin cycle to make sure that the populace at large dont realise that the NHS is quite frankly down the tubes.

Henry North London, London, UK

-not to mention Prozac, which ( in my case ) caused clinical depression, tinnitus and anxiety.
SSRI`s are crude, dangerious and unpredictable. It is beyond comprehension that they are still so widely prescribed outside hospitals.

Stuart.

Stuart, London, UK

One needs to bear in mind that Ro-Accutane is only prescribed by Consultant dermatologists to patients who suffer from very severe acne, which has generally not responded well to more conservative therapies. Indeed, many GPs resort to referring patients via a psychiatrist because of the paucity of dermatology appointments within the NHS.

Many patients with very severe pustular acne are at their wits' end. The degree of disfigurement isolates that they suffer from them from school or college friends, and in too many cases renders them liable to ridicule and abuse. It stands to reason, therefore, that many patients who are given Ro-Accutane are already suffering from a marked degree of psychological morbidity.

After all, patients are told of the potential side-effects (girls are told that they must NOT get pregnant, or if they do must have a termination of pregnancy), yet still they agree to treatment.

Chris Palmer, Southampton, England

Am I the only one who thinks that f it has to have a suicide rating shouldn't be prescribed in the first place?

Farrukh, Woking, UK