Posted by linkadge on July 18, 2006, at 20:06:15
In reply to Re: couldn't have said it better myself, posted by SLS on July 17, 2006, at 23:01:41
There are also doctors who believe that the drugs work no better than placebo, and that most people recover due to time.
The head doctor, Dr. Powers, I saw at Grand River Hospital, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, told me that most of the drug effect is placebo.
I don't know if 85% of patients get better as a result of medications. Sometimes patients can try combinations of medications for years. Depression too often gets better on its own. Sometiems people like to attribute their recovery to a drug, but it may not be an appropriate association.
I don't think there is any concrete data to suggest that 85% of depression sufferers get better with meds and combinations.
Linkadge
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