Posted by Mircea on September 28, 2002, at 19:55:56
In reply to The hard, cold facts about Lexapro, posted by ZyprexaNumbTongue on September 6, 2002, at 14:37:39
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> 4) The studies dont describe the TYPES of depressives in the Lexapro studies.This is not true, you can look at the baseline MADRS CGI and HAMD scores to determine how depressed the population is.
> We need more drug clinical trials where the people recruited are those with SEVERE melancholia type major depression, not dysthymics and moderate depressives.
Gorman did a subanalysis of severe depressives (see Gorman et al., 2002, CNS Spectrums) as part of the Lexapro pooled trial. Also, Gorman did an analysis of severe depressives that was presented at the recent CINP meeting in Montreal.
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