[lbo-talk] Antidepressants and Placebos

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 28 04:55:02 PST 2008


They sure as hell worked for me, and I believe it was a placebo effect about as much as I believe that the loss of memory after consuming 15 scotch and sours is purely psychological. It's risible.

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> This analogy makes no sense. Independent reviews
> show little or no
> more efficacy than a placebo, but
> drug-company-sponsored research
> shows an effect, sez the article. It was tobacco
> co's that argued
> that smoking doesn't cause cancer (at least publicly
> -- privately
> they knew better). I think some people just want
> antidepressants to
> work.
>
> Doug
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