Latest Breaking News

samnsara

(17,604 posts)

56. i sent this info to my hubby who has a doctorate in Pharmacy....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Oct 4, 2017, 02:10 PM

Oct 2017

... and is a Board Certified Clinical Pharmacist and he said this is bullshit.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

88 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Report: Suspected Las Vegas gunman was prescribed medication that can cause aggression [View all] DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

I'm not buying it. safeinOhio Oct 2017 #1

What are you "not buying"? Boomer Oct 2017 #5

What specifically leads you to believe this is a rational explanation? LanternWaste Oct 2017 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author safeinOhio Oct 2017 #69

I definitely agree! Chrysanthemum Oct 2017 #55

+1 onetexan Oct 2017 #64

I think it could be a combination bloom Oct 2017 #74

Aggressive behavior is not high on the side effect list mpcamb Oct 2017 #75

I tend to agree. Benzos usually cause more Ilsa Oct 2017 #79

The notion that benzos caused this is deflection, pure and simple. mpcamb Oct 2017 #80

Agree Juliusseizure Oct 2017 #85

Yep. Garbage reporting. nt Ilsa Oct 2017 #87

Given medical privacy laws, how exactly are we learning this AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #2

That was my first thought, and until proven wrong, I'm sticking with it. shraby Oct 2017 #36

I love the smell of critical thinking in the morning harun Oct 2017 #86

If your dead can the doctor treating you Watchfoxheadexplodes Oct 2017 #3

It depends on the situation. Privacy should be maintained after death tymorial Oct 2017 #67

I'm a palliative care nurse. I have never seen anyone respond with aggressive behavior from valium. mucifer Oct 2017 #4

War on Drugs at work here CountAllVotes Oct 2017 #8

It might cause aggressive behavior in almost no one. People do sometimes become aggressive and mucifer Oct 2017 #13

Exactly! get the red out Oct 2017 #28

yes... refer to beers criteria... Chakaconcarne Oct 2017 #62

It's probably one of the potential minor side effects. forgotmylogin Oct 2017 #19

with alcohol janterry Oct 2017 #31

Sure and he could have also abused the drug FakeNoose Oct 2017 #38

Thank you tymorial Oct 2017 #32

I was dumbfounded when I saw which drug the article was claiming could make him Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #54

Oh withdrawal can cause a whole host of symptoms, you are absolutely correct. tymorial Oct 2017 #65

My biggest fear is they will take away our opiates when we need them most. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #66

You're getting me started.... :) tymorial Oct 2017 #68

Yeah Cosmocat Oct 2017 #51

I know a lot of people who take benzos. Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #59

That be me. negoldie Oct 2017 #60

yeah blame it on the Valium Blues Heron Oct 2017 #6

Yeah Maxheader Oct 2017 #7

Benzodiazepines are the go-to anxiolytic in pretty much every healthcare setting. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2017 #9

thats just valium? this man wasn't drugged. something weird about how planned this was & Sunlei Oct 2017 #10

Valium janterry Oct 2017 #11

"warning - taking this medicine will lead to a long period of planning in order NRaleighLiberal Oct 2017 #12

Exactly. I could see a very very very rare person going off right after taking one, uppityperson Oct 2017 #25

Maybe it was a reaction to a prescription of Assholitol? MrScorpio Oct 2017 #14

Maybe it is possible but riverbendviewgal Oct 2017 #15

He's dead janterry Oct 2017 #22

Valium???? I find this hard to believe. mainer Oct 2017 #16

See healthcare kills people, ban healthcare! IronLionZion Oct 2017 #17

Does that explain why Raven Oct 2017 #18

They were giving him testosterone ? jeffreyi Oct 2017 #20

Thread win. yardwork Oct 2017 #30

So everyone taking Valium is gonna spend $20,000 on guns and take a year to plan a mass murder Baclava Oct 2017 #21

I take those... MindPilot Oct 2017 #23

Perhaps the drug didn't cause this, but the underlying condition B2G Oct 2017 #24

Really? Marthe48 Oct 2017 #26

Buying up an armory-load of weapons C_U_L8R Oct 2017 #27

I agree pandr32 Oct 2017 #49

THIS Cosmocat Oct 2017 #52

Millions of people take Valium. They dont do what this man did. yardwork Oct 2017 #29

I have taken anti anxiety meds for a long time ... jb5150 Oct 2017 #33

shit. not again. mopinko Oct 2017 #34

Ignore the multiple literal smoking guns on scene, here's the SMOKING PILL!!!!! hatrack Oct 2017 #35

I take the stuff as a muscle relaxant Plucketeer Oct 2017 #37

nope. all of this was premeditated. nt Javaman Oct 2017 #39

It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out matt819 Oct 2017 #40

It's flat wrong to speculate. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #41

Bull. At that dosage . . . MrModerate Oct 2017 #42

From the original article - the drugs DON'T explain premeditated, long-planned behavior Native Oct 2017 #43

If it was drugs, they were probably the illegal variety. Crowman2009 Oct 2017 #44

In this case compsports Oct 2017 #45

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH heaven05 Oct 2017 #46

See? The whole problem has been diazepam all along. Nothing wrong with having so many GUNS!!111!1!! PSPS Oct 2017 #47

"Aggressive behavior" means impusively punching someone... brooklynite Oct 2017 #48

Exactly RobinA Oct 2017 #70

Affluenza BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #50

Valium is Diazepam and that was being given out like candy in the 1980s. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2017 #53

Valium is the drug that gets you out of the doctor's office... Dave Starsky Oct 2017 #61

i sent this info to my hubby who has a doctorate in Pharmacy.... samnsara Oct 2017 #56

Valium? Moral Compass Oct 2017 #57

And if he took a handful TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #71

Not this shit again easttexaslefty Oct 2017 #58

my off-the-cuff theory about this guy is.... steve2470 Oct 2017 #72

I call BS on that marlakay Oct 2017 #73

But evidently he already had most of the guns blueinredohio Oct 2017 #76

He and the Australian guy are probably both mercenaries. Maybe connected to Erik Prince. LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #77

I'll buy that over "It was the recent Valium script..." lunasun Oct 2017 #84

Right? LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #88

No No the Bossa Nova . Blame it on the Bossa Nova lunasun Oct 2017 #78

Valium? What a crock of shit... Then it is wondered why no one believes the media Purveyor Oct 2017 #81

Valium? ismnotwasm Oct 2017 #82

It's also called Valium elleng Oct 2017 #83