Posted by linkadge on August 15, 2006, at 16:42:46
In reply to Re: Optimistic part/ Possible Trigger(?) » pulse, posted by laima on August 15, 2006, at 13:07:18
Marketing and testing aside, it really comes down to the fact that a drug appears to be helpfull today, but theres no guarentee a drug will be helpfull tomorrow.
Its all about the test of time. Only time can demonstrate what a drug is really doing.
A drug can be approved with only very basic testing IMO, it only need to be shown effective for over so many months.
I see prozac as a longer acting cocaine. So tollerance doesn't build overnight, but it still builds.
We just havn't had the drugs around for long enough to know.
When a drug makes you feel good, its very easy to slip into thinking that it is doing something good for you.
You can take amphetamines and feel great, but that doesn't mean some very nasty thing aren't happening below the surface. Cocaine asside, we were still routinely prescribing amphetamines for depression 50 years ago.
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