Posted by Jerrympls on May 7, 2002, at 23:09:08
In reply to Re: Placebos best anti-depressants? » Jaynee, posted by Bob on May 7, 2002, at 22:58:14
Well, i read that article this afternoon and it made me think for a long time. When i was put on Zoloft when it first came out I had no idea what it was - I mean it could have been speed for all I knew about antidepressants - my doctor said it was "an excellent medication" and that I'd be "feeling much beter verry quickly" and so on - so, isn't that pretty much a good set-up for a no-miss placebo effect? Well, it didn't work. And each time I took and new antidepressant I hoped it would work but they didn't - so where was the placebo effect for the Zoloft? and then the imipramine? remeron? paxil? wellbutrin? luvox? ascendin? effexor? blah blah blah. Each time my doc would say 'This is the best medication on the market and it's gonna work wonders for you." And of course I would hope and pray it would too. But no....no real and no placebo effect.
Not that I don't think that the placebo effect doesn't exist. I think it's a quite fascinating medical phenomena that should be studied. But, I have to agree %100 with the posts above - the varying degrees of depressions, symptoms, etc. are not taken into account - yada yada yada.
If a sugar pill will cure me - then sign me up.
Jerry
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