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Originally Posted by George H.
As mentioned you do not have to take medication to receive therapy. It's complicated. Some people respond well to ADs and some have awful reactions. And then you have organizations like Scientology who try to scare people with false claims about ADs. It was Zinco I think who mentioned that ADs only work for a certain percentage of the population. I read a study a while back on a specific AD med in which it was reported a slightly greater percentage of the people involved in the med trials responded to sugar pills (placebo) than responded to the med. If it works it works... if it doesn't then theres no reason to use it especially if it causes a reaction or if the side effects are too much.
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Those are clinical trials with placebo but they only last 6 to 8 weeks. Hardly enough time to tell. Real world results seem to tell a different story. I only know of one long term study that emulated clinical practice. The STAR*D. You can find criticism of that study too. I believe there is a very large international one going on now.
Here is a good article.
NIMH · Antidepressants: A complicated picture
The study below looked at all the clinical trials. It seems they are more effective the more severe the depression. The draw backs are 6 to 8 week double blind placebo trials that included the placebo wash out period. To me 6 to 8 weeks doesn't tell you much.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article....ticleid=185157
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Last edited by Altered Moment; Nov 11, 2014 at 06:33 PM.
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