The placebo effect seems so strange to me, but it's so valid and pervasive that it can't be ignored.
Here's just another reminder that those amazing, expensive little pills aren't actually a grand solution after all. It turns out the depression medications (SSRIs - selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors which do extreme magic in some people's brains) are often just as effective as sugar pills, except in people with severe depression.
Interesting.
This is just another situation when I want to just shout, "Go science, go!" though. Depression is incredibly complicated and mysterious. This development is at least something significant.
Go science, go!
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What this shows is we need better regulation of the pharmaceutical companies who are showing a distinct pattern of hiding negative research results.
It's sad to think so many people have been taking a drug that COULD MAKE THEM WORSE when it's not even been proven to be effective.
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