Posted by ed_uk2010 on September 1, 2010, at 6:56:40 [reposted on September 3, 2010, at 18:58:52 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Trk-b sigma-1r, posted by linkadge on August 31, 2010, at 15:33:37
>How can we say it is due to pharmacological effects when we don't really know what causes depression or how medications may or may not help it?
In any particular individual, it's very difficult to know. On the other hand, we can see from placebo controlled trials that the overall response rate is usually higher with antidepressants.........so someone must be responding, even if others obtain no benefit.
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