[lbo-talk] hmm, and I thought it was talk therapy that was ineffective!

[Joanna]

I have a friend who's a drug prescribing psychiatrist and he says the 
drug thing is just a cylical moneymaking market for the pharmaceuticals. 
It's fashion more than science which drug is deemed "effective." So far 
as he's concerned, they're more or less interchangeable.

Having said that, I notice that xanax is a much cleaner drug than 
Valium. So, there is some improvement.

Joanna

Doug Henwood wrote:
> NEWS ALERT
> from The Wall Street Journal
>
> Jan. 16, 2008
> Doctors and patients are getting a distorted view of the  
> effectiveness of blockbuster antidepressants, researchers asserted in  
> this week's New England Journal of Medicine. Numerous unpublished  
> studies submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies have found  
> that many popular antidepressants have little or no effect on  
> patients, according to a new review of the previously hidden findings.
>
> For more information, see:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120051950205895415.html? 
> mod=djemalertNEWS
>
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