Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 February 2003

Suicide Incidence: Statements.

 

None of the research I have read has referred to data on the types of drugs people were taking before they committed suicide. People tell their story to their doctor, who prescribes a medicine with the patient's interests at heart. In the event of the patient in question committing suicide, is research carried out to find out which medicines the victim was taking, whether they were prescribed by a medical practitioner or obtained at a chemist and if they were made aware of the information available on the leaflet accompanying the medicine? The person with whom I spoke on this issue, a medical professional who was being treated with Cipramil, convinced me that if he had not discontinued this treatment the thoughts of self-harm and nightmares he had been having would have had a catastrophic result. I ask that this issue be addressed.

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