[lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness

[shag carpet bomb]

At 03:00 AM 9/28/2009, andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>It did, however, produce the other well known side effect, discussed, for 
>example, on the Sopranos. For that reason I switched over to a Wellbutrin 
>analog that does not have that effect, but was for me equally effective in 
>controlling moods.

one of the things I found interesting was Healey's discussion of how drug 
trial research is poorly designed for identifying side effects. In the case 
of sexual dysfunction, the clinical trials found 5% sexual dysfunction rate 
for Paxil. Once the drug was approved, however, the rate in practice was 
50%! Part of the reason, in that instance, is that people aren't making the 
connection, no one thought to ask the question, and/or people who too 
uncomfortable to raise the problem. but these same issues come up WRT other 
side effects. In this regard, Healey's discussion of the testing of prozac 
in 35 studies of "healthy populations" was truly fascinating.

shag