Posted by linkadge on January 30, 2007, at 16:27:03
Are we in a psychiatric drug development ressession?
A few reasons I see this.
1) Drug Backlash. 20 years ago doctors would say
that antidepressants were correcting the
problem. But, now we are seeing backashes of
side effects, poop out, paradoxical
reactions etc.2) Awareness of lack of efficacy. More and more
statistics are being revealed that show
antidepressants are not much better than
placebo.3) Drug company scandal. Faith in drug developemnt
is at an all time low. It seems now that
the case for the antidepressant was more about
money than about helping people.4) Dead ends. A lot of drugs are just the
same old drugs as we had 30 years ago.
Some promising drugs like gepirone, and
valdoxine were shunned for proably because
they did not fit the mold of older drugs.
Other new drugs are not showing efficacy,
probably because they are not the essentially
short acting pep pills that are the monoamine
active drugs.
Are we in a drug development ressions? How long do you think it will last?Linkadge
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