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Re: newsweek: antidepressants all placebo effect » Joe Schmoe

Posted by Cherry Carver on February 10, 2010, at 15:19:46

In reply to Re: newsweek: antidepressants all placebo effect, posted by Joe Schmoe on February 9, 2010, at 20:01:40

Bingo! That didn't occur to me when I was reading the article, but you have found the deductive fallacy in Begley's discussion. Good work!

> I think the peculiar thing about the idea of ADs being just placebo effect is, why do they take 2-4 weeks to start working?
>
> If it was just belief, wouldn't it work right away?
>
> Does the placebo effect take 2-4 weeks to work in studies relating to drugs for other things like irritable bowel syndrome?


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