Posted by Reggie BoStar on January 1, 2007, at 10:15:28
In reply to Re: After the hype, posted by linkadge on December 31, 2006, at 20:14:35
Hi Linkadge,
I wonder if the new stats have anything to do with the fact that the infamous "poopout" is showing up more and more as the years go by.About two years ago, my pdoc suggested that I contact one of his colleagues who was doing a medication study. When I met the guy, it turned out that what they were doing was trying a new med to see if it could augment Prozac to make it last longer. I stood down for two reasons:
1. I asked him why the behavioral health community had this love affair with Prozac. I phrased it just like that. I told him it was obvious that even when it worked, it had no staying power. Why, I asked, after all these years of playing with Prozac in different combos to try to get some positive result, don't you guys just stop wasting time with it and try something new? He at least agreed that there was a problem with Prozac's staying power for "many people".
2. This has nothing to do with the topic, really, but there is an interesting factum in it. He told me that placebos would be used in the trial, and that I would not know whether or not I was being given the placebo. I told him that placebos don't work on me, because I go into these studies autmatically assuming - and believing - that the drug won't work. Therefore placebos can't fool me into thinking that they do work.
Now here's the interesting part. He suggested that my sort of attitude could also have a negative effect on how the real drugs works.
What??!???
I told him that if a bad attitude was all it took to nullify the effects of Prozac, then Prozac was worth no more than a placebo. Would a bad attitude keep morphine from working? No way. That's the difference between a drug that really works and one that doesn't.
Anyway, that's my two cents for the New Year.
Take care everyone,
Reggie BoStar
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