Posted by linkadge on September 17, 2006, at 10:34:25
In reply to Re: the brain, posted by bassman on September 17, 2006, at 9:58:50
I think its more that we've discovered a group of drugs that has a desired effect.
There is a lot of trust out there that these are safe drugs, and without potential long term consequence.
As such, they are used for lesser and lesser problems.
The fact that they have some sort of positive effect for so many people who take them, kind of detracts from the notion that they are some magic chemical entities desined to target the exact biochemical abnormalities that exist in endogenious depression. The fact is that drugs like prozac are used recreationally (sometimes). They're just pep pills.
Cocaine was used for depression 100 years ago, but was it fixing anything? Were people better off because of it? Did it get to the underlying issue?
I just don't think we're at the stage where we can say, depression is due to such and such biochemical imballance.Linkadge
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