Should placebos replace antidepressants?
- Yes, it would reduce the unwanted side effects.
- Not sure if it would be effective in all patients.
- No, a placebo cannot be used to treat severe depression
- This topic has 15 replies, 14 voices, and was last updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago by
vorcy1942.
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August 25, 2022 at 7:59 am #26893
swaghmare
Moderator::According to recent research, antidepressants benefit about 15% of patients. The remaining 85% can be treated by placebos but are unnecessarily exposed to the side effects of drugs, including sexual dysfunction, weight gain, and emotional numbing. This evidence caused havoc in the pharmaceutical sector.
Based on the simple hypothesis that chemical imbalance in the brain causes depression, pharmaceutical companies, since the 1950s, established a relationship between drugs and depression and developed antidepressants.
There is no evidence to support the chemical imbalance theory, and the mechanism of action of antidepressants remains unknown. This news outbreak has influenced patients’ drug choices and changed their perception of the outcome.
Antidepressants No Better Than Placebo for About 85% of People
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August 25, 2022 at 9:43 am #26895
samadbaamar07
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August 26, 2022 at 4:24 pm #27007
mugne90
Participant::I think to be implementing the Integrated Medicine, which not all are capable to practice it ,
Myself after from 1977 in public health practicing and having practiced in different Countries with their Cultural & Habit(Important achievement) only looking to a patient there is getting idea about the personality then dealing closely when is started the dialogue with mental-health-patient) and also it depends from person to person(But senior doctor who speaks different Languages could be more capable utilizing Integrated Medicine.
I think antidepressants do their effect, but then more using it, gradually goes of reduced its effect
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August 26, 2022 at 4:33 pm #27008
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August 26, 2022 at 4:34 pm #27009
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August 26, 2022 at 9:30 pm #27010
Dr Niaz Muhammad Khan
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August 26, 2022 at 10:43 pm #27011
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August 27, 2022 at 6:22 am #27020
lkdham2016
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August 28, 2022 at 10:58 am #27028
rossybummy
Participant::Many factors should be considered why people are getting depressed, therefore some may not need antidepressant drug but psycho, socio and diversional therapy though some may have to use depending on initial cause. So antidepressant may be harmful to a particular person when proper medical history is not taken.
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August 28, 2022 at 10:54 pm #27046
Anura Wickramavansa Nanayakkara Agarage
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August 29, 2022 at 1:55 am #27049
tania.futter
Participant::I work in an area in South Africa where cultural and traditional practices are still very much a part of the general populations lives. In the case of a patient that has not really been exposed to Western Medicine, the use of anti depressants could be counteracted by their traditional medication that their healers give them.
We as humans have become too dependent on a bottle with a solution in.
Nature still has the best medicine available, we are just to brain washed by big Pharma and their products. -
August 29, 2022 at 11:27 pm #27137
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September 1, 2022 at 1:49 am #27246
danielapraku2015
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September 12, 2022 at 10:14 am #28036
Negese wegayehu
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September 13, 2022 at 8:31 am #28104
salisuahmad29
Participant::Many factors should be considered why people are getting depressed, therefore some may not need antidepressant drug but psycho, socio and diversional therapy though some may have to use depending on initial cause. So antidepressant may be harmful to a particular person when proper medical history is not taken.
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April 18, 2023 at 1:13 am #43251
vorcy1942
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