https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/#comment-4455 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:42:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/#comment-4455 As the director of Novus Medical Detox, I often see patients who are on alcohol or opioids, central nervous system depressants, also taking antidepressants. When they detox they find they don’t need the antidepressants.This is good news because a Swedish study showed that 52% of the 2006 suicides by women on antidepressants. Since antidepressants work no better than placebos and are less effective than exercise in dealing with depression.There is a prescription drug epidemic and these are leaders in the list of terribe abuses.Steve Hayeshttp://novusdetox.com

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/#comment-4454 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:55:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/#comment-4454 Yes, it is a meta study (which is still a study) and it focuses on a subset of treatments and conditions, as do all studies. I have not seen the press coverage, but I’m not surprised to find that it is misleading.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/#comment-4453 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:26:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/27/newgeneration-antidepressants/#comment-4453 The press coverage of this has been misleading, according to this pharmacy student (I found him via SciBlog’s own Terra Sigillatta). http://secundumartem.blogspot.com/2008/02/some-depressing-news.htmlQuickly — the studies were not original studies, but meta examinations of previous studies. The previous studies only showed the effects of 4-6 months in mildly depressed patients. They don’t cover severely depressed nor long term use.

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