Posted by med_empowered on December 29, 2006, at 22:46:20
In reply to Re: After the hype » linkadge, posted by Phillipa on December 29, 2006, at 20:01:32
wow..finally, an admission from the powers-that-be that Antidepressants really aren't all they're cracked up to be. The indications have been there for *YEARS*--Healy and others have long been saying that these drugs often fail to outperform placebo and that they're at most modestly useful drugs, and then only really useful in carefully selected patients. And yet...billion$ have been spent on these meds that could have been spent on other meds (stimulants, benzos, anticonvulsants), therapy, nutritional approaches, or...fighting hunger, poverty, etc. Its pretty ridiculous.
Anyway...maybe now shrinks will finally move on, and maybe listen to their patients this time. But probably not. If the pattern holds, what will happen is a quiet admission of less-than-stellar results, followed by a strong denunciation of these drugs once something newer and more expen$ive comes out, followed by a reconsideration of their virtues and efficacy (look at the pattern with neuroleptics).
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