Posted by Bob on December 29, 2006, at 11:59:03
In reply to After the hype, posted by linkadge on December 29, 2006, at 11:22:29
> A small blurb from:
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> http://www.namiscc.org/newsletters/February02/McMan4-10.htm
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> AFTER THE HYPE
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> According to a Health Media article, the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK has altered advice stating that Prozac and other leading antidepressants "are effective in 60 to 70 per cent of patients, to saying the drugs are successful in only 50 per cent of cases."
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> Linkadge
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Things like this are showing up more and more in the news, and I suspect even the "50%" statement is overly optimistic if you include long term treatments, and people who actually admit nasty side effects they are putting up with.I recently read a newspaper article stating that the atypical antipsychotics are becoming quite problematic, and are seemingly sometimes no better than placebo in some cases. Of course, there are two sides to all these issues.
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