Posted by SLS on November 7, 2022, at 12:29:43
In reply to Re: Most antidepressants are rubbish » SLS, posted by undopaminergic on November 6, 2022, at 4:28:51
> I'm inclined to agree with the essence of what you're saying. Placebo response rates are so high because subjects included into trials are not
> genuinely depressed, and therefore benefit less, if at all, from drug treatment.You are surely right.
> However, I don't understand why these subjects are included when they make the drug under investigation appear less effective.
Possibly because the businessmen who conduct clinical trials are paid by drug companies for each subject recruited. In this situation, money interferes with science. Everyone in the R & D process looks for big study populations, possibly in order to get the drug approved quicker and thus get as much patent time in the market.
How many times do these "scientists" have to make the same mistake over and over and sabotage their clinical trial results? Einstein's definition of insanity...
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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