Posted by Squiggles on May 23, 2006, at 18:05:14
In reply to Re: Statistical question on SSRIs - ADDENDUM, posted by linkadge on May 23, 2006, at 17:30:33
I'm sorry i have been out of this conversation
for a while. I *do* have a life outside the
net, believe it or not;The last post I contributed to the discussion
was lengthy and in context, but for some reason
it got eaten up and never reappeared - maybe the
timing of my posting or the way I configured the
options.Anyway, to make it short.... I think I was
suggesting in that post that what would be
informative and of a valuable medical contribution would be to study the causes of suicide in that small minority sample, in comparison to the huge (4,000 people) who took Prozac and did not have tragic side effects. And I suggest this because it is possible to take a drug and have a range of side effects including the desired one -- a strong anti-depressant effect. But if you are not clinically depressed you may have another significant side-effect such as feeling energized or needing less sleep, etc.I think it has been said in the FDA study that the larger the sample for a drug tested, the more likely it is to get erroneous results missing the mark.
Squiggles
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