Posted by poser938 on October 16, 2012, at 16:46:49
In reply to Re: Tardiv-Dysphoria link, posted by jono_in_adelaide on October 15, 2012, at 19:38:35
> In mild neurotic depression they hardly work better than placebo, in severe depression that causes people to suicide they are far superior to placebo.
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> The lesson there is that people with mild depression should be given reasurance and counseling, but not drugs.
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> This has been a problem since the begining of medicine, first we used alcohol and opium, then bromides and chloral, then barbiturates, then amphetamines, then valium, and now its the SSRI's - people go to their doctor because they are unhappy with life, and he feels he has to do "somthing", so he gives them a pill - when he probably shouldntI like to imagine a day when a side effect of antidepressants isn't depression or suicidal thoughts.
I don't really plan on this warning being put on these meds any time soon. It won't happen at least until they do come out with medications that are better and the statute of limitations are up.
I can't wait for the day they look back on these current meds and say 'what the heck were we thinking!?"
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