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Re: Info Survey idea - Scott

Posted by JohnB on May 1, 2000, at 0:01:24

In reply to Re: Short Trial Success/Bipolar II Qx - Too long., posted by Scott L. Schofield on April 30, 2000, at 12:54:13

>I think taking a survey on this board to find out the percentage of immediate vs. latent responses to specific drug treatments and how long these responses have been maintained would provide some incredibly valuable information. Developing a standard brief questionnaire to retrieve this information would make the process more efficient and produce more easily interpretable results.

Scott- Good idea. That would take it beyond anecdotal evidence. I wonder if, on something as basic as that, there might already be some studies out there?

Another interesting database to collect here might be "What Worked - What Didn't". That is, everybody who wants to, give info on what meds worked, what had no change, what didn't, what pooped out, on a scale of "- - - - " to "+ + + +" The theory behind this is that while we are all different biochemistries, perhaps there is not an infinite difference, ie perhaps everyone is not a totally unique biochemistry.

Example; If meds A,B, and C, that I tried gave me scores of --, -, ++, and +, respectively. Then if there was an info database which showed that someone (or better, several people) who had the same illness as me, tried the same or nearly the same meds as me, got similar scores, and then went on to try med "D", which got a score of +++. Then that might give me some clue as to what might be the next med to mention to pdoc to try. Isn't this how pdocs work in their own practices anyway?

Of course, the common practice of "cocktails" would tend to muddy the waters, but I think there might still be some usefulness, not only us, but for research, and for practicing pdocs. --JohnB


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