Posted by SLS on July 16, 2006, at 5:49:59
In reply to Re: couldn't have said it better myself, posted by linkadge on July 15, 2006, at 21:58:11
> "That is why the rate of placebo response is so high, and perhaps why the rate of response for the active compound is so low."
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> Well, seeing as these drugs were approved based on the fact that they could undepress regular, non genetically chemically imballenced mice coupled with the fact that these drugs have never been proven by any strech of the imagination to correct any genuine depression related chemical imballences, I would have to disagree with the above comment.Mice are a model to screen for drugs, nothing more. You are disagreeing with human results. Studies using people chosen with more severe depression have lower placebo response rates.
- Scott
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