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Date Posted: 10:57:14 02/27/08 Wed
Author: Deep Diction
Subject: Re: I hate to say "I told you so"...
In reply to: Lynx 's message, "Re: I hate to say "I told you so"..." on 09:53:43 02/27/08 Wed

>You guys crack me up. You're all about scientific
>evidence until it's scientific evidence that doesn't
>back up your opinion. This is the largest study ever
>done on these drugs, and it was done by an entity that
>had no vested interest in the outcome. Many, if not
>most, quoted studies are done by the drug companies
>themselves, and I justifiably don't trust those.
>
>Most doctors don't know much about drugs beyond what
>the pharmaceutical salemen pitch to them, and that's a
>fact.
>
>I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this
>one.

Your study only encompasses four drugs (it doesn't address Wellbutrin, which has a much better track record than Prozac for countering depression), and the study itself concludes that the drugs provide a significant benefit to severely depressed individuals.

I said several times that many people aren't diagnosed correctly. It's entirely likely that the people who didn't experience any difference between the placebos and the drugs studied had the types of depression that would have been cured by drugs that weren't part of the study.

Why can't you just accept that there are many people out there do experience a tangible benefit from these drugs, and that your way might not be the best way for everyone?

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