Posted by linkadge on July 13, 2007, at 16:28:18
In reply to Re: The process » linkadge, posted by confuzyq on July 13, 2007, at 5:59:52
Well thats the thing. I might even agree with the block if it was a generalization, but it wasn't really (I don't personally think).
And like you say, who is going to go on the world wide web (a place with undoubtedly millions of opinions) and take for fact something that Joe Shmoe writes on some website?
And if you *were* the kind of person who is that susceptable, then it is just as much a crime to subject such persons to an overinflated
view picture of antidepressant efficacy. Because then, you are using their gullability to overide a necessary honest and straightforward presentation of the facts regarding a drug's effects.Its just like Healy, I suppose. Its ok to have an opinion, just not so long as it happens to clash with those who happen to be in a position of greater authority.
However, I try to separate the facts from the opinions.
For instance it is a *fact* that more than half of all published clinical trials for antidepressant drugs fail to show that they are more efficatious than placebo.
It is my *opinion* that any drug which displays such a hazy record of sucess should be continually questioned and reassesed in terms of efficacy (and safety for that matter).
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