Posted by SLS on April 8, 2006, at 19:01:56
In reply to Re: Drugs versus Psychotherapy - Backlash?, posted by linkadge on April 8, 2006, at 16:46:21
> > Despite all of my treatment failures, I still >believe that, in capable hands, over 75% of MDD >people will respond well to the drugs we already >have available, especially when used as part of >a multimodal approach that may include >psychotherapy, nutrition, and even exercise.
> I don't think that drugs are responsible for getting 75% of people better. Clinical trials certainly don't demonstrate this,
What I attempted to convey is that an effective treatment regime can be produced for 75% if one were to use every drug currently available alone or in combination. Very few trials have been designed to study this.
That's 65% using only 3 antidepressants monotherapeutically.
> and even less when you remove possible effect of placebo,
The magnitude of the placebo response varies inversely with the severity of the depression being used as inclusion criteria.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/157/3/327
- Scott
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