Posted by Anyuser on July 31, 2002, at 12:54:37
In reply to Re: Lexapro rep pushes Lexapro, what a shock » JaneB, posted by katekite on July 31, 2002, at 12:08:50
I'd like to butt into your conversation, because I think the points you raise are interesting. Whom do you trust the most among (1) "scientific" drug studies posted on the internet, (2) your physician, and (3) complete strangers on the internet? If all three are in agreement, no problem, but what if they disagree? The drug studies are a necessary first step, but as you say they're really just a shot in the dark. All the talk about 5HT this and agonist that and down-regulation yada yada sometimes seems like witchcraft. Every bit as much of a metaphor as Freud talking about an Oedipus complex. A really good practicing doctor should have better practical knowledge as to what really works, but we've all encountered doctors who just write prescriptions for whatever was recommended at the most recent CME seminar without even trying to understand the science behind it. And what about doctors and psychologists that market long term talk therapy? Don't they have an economic intererst in talk therapy? In my case, my doctor is nuttier than I am. And what about people's actual experience related on the internet? I've learned a lot on PB, but posters on PB can't possibly be a representative sample. I only look at PB when I am down. My husband says I'm in "Psycho Babble mode." When I dispute something my doctor tells me on grounds that I heard different on PB, he wants to strangle me. How do we know pharmrep is really a pharmrep? When the Magic Pill we've all been waiting for is finally invented, won't it inevitably be delivered by a pharmrep? What's the alternative? I'm so confused about who or what to believe.
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