Posted by SLS on April 23, 2016, at 6:18:16
In reply to Re: the lost sheep » Hello321, posted by baseball55 on April 22, 2016, at 20:26:13
> Sure it's true that a drug that could be taken once and permanently fix depression might be suppressed as less profitable than drugs that are taken for years. It's also true that non-drug solutions are not studied by drug companies who finance the studies.
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> I think the solution to this is to vastly increase funding for the NIH and NIMH to take on the studies drug companies have no interest in. That means not cutting taxes and demanding big cuts in discretionary programs and trying to shut down the government. I'd be very interested to see what the NIH budget is and how it's changed in recent years. I think I'll look that up tomorrow and get back to you all.Thanks.
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