Posted by Squiggles on February 22, 2007, at 17:33:24
In reply to Re: Some ruminations on AD efficacy, posted by bassman on February 22, 2007, at 17:08:29
> The STAR*D study did exactly that-add a second psychotropic agent if the first drug (Celexa) didn't help. It also had arms where there was a simple change of AD. For a particularly critical review of the study, see:
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> http://www.mindfreedom.org/know/psychiatric-drugs/anti-depressants/stard-d-wars-study-failure-on-antidepressants/Well, that's depressing. I hope BigPharma actually absorbs the public health care system in total; that way profit-motivated treatment and products will make a boomerang come-back. It just won't be good company practice to pick up the pieces. Seriously, I think the drug companies should run the whole medical system.
Squiggles
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