No of course not. Personally I do not think that in terms of this behavior, or for that matter any behavior can be attributed to any one thing. Unfortunately, or from whatever perspective you take, fortunately, you cannot ethically or legally conduct the kind of experiment that would be required to conclusively prove that any one element within the equation causes a certain behavior. For example how much of the suicide behavior can be attributed to Accutane, do we administer two groups of depressed middle-class teens either the Accutane or a placebo, or nothing?
The only real alternative would be to set up a quasi-experimental design, using already existing groups who have had the appropriate assignment. That data shows that over and above all other factors that were controlled for, those taking Accutane showed an increased likelihood of suicide. What I dislike about the case was that where were the kid's parents in all of this. The teenager was depressed. Did the parents realize such? From what I remember reading there was a lot of evidence of suicidal ideation etc that should have sent that kid directly to professional treatment. Not up in the air taking flying lessons. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: From the OMFG files > > > Larry, > > I know that you have a better understanding of how certain > chemicals effect the brain, so can there ever be sufficient > and conclusive evidence that Accutane is the reason for it? > Can it be shown that chemical xyz effects the abc part of the > brain? If it can, then they should hold liability. I'm not > disagreeing here or trying to put some weird spin on it. I > am just wondering if it can be as simple as saying that. > Like we know that alcohol effects certain parts of the brain. > Can the same be said of the acne medicine? > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Lyons > To: CF-Community > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:01 AM > Subject: RE: From the OMFG files > > > Not excusing the kid, but what if there was a causal link > between the two. > Until we get the full story I do not think we should be so > quick to condemn. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:59 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: From the OMFG files > > > > > > Once again it goes back to the whole "Try to find someone > > else to blame > > for your actions, rather than take responsibility > yourself" mentality > > that our country seems to have today. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:50 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: From the OMFG files > > > > (CNN) -- The mother of a teen-age boy who flew a Cessna > > aircraft into a > > Tampa office building filed a $70 million wrongful death and > > negligence lawsuit Tuesday against the manufacturers of a > drug the boy > > took to treat acne. > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/04/16/teen.pilot.lawsuit/index.html > > > > Hmmm, no wonder the US is known as the lawsuit capital of > the known > > world... > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
