Posted by Larry Hoover on March 9, 2016, at 21:06:11
In reply to Lou's response-so you think that lithium will » Tabitha, posted by Lou Pilder on February 20, 2016, at 7:47:02
> Let us look at little bit closer at this claim that lithium prevents suicide.
> Lou
> http://joannamoncrieff.com/2015/07/27/lithium-and-suicide-what-does-the-evidence-showSure. She (your source) says, "So the meta-analysis of suicide rates included only four placebo-controlled trials. There were 6 suicides in these studies, which all occurred among the 241 participants allocated to placebo and there were no suicides in the 244 participants on lithium."
Is that meaningful? Who knows, but it doesn't support your thesis.
BTW, Mr. Rules, isn't there a prohibition against posting more than three times in a row to a thread?
Shame.
Lar
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