The Emperor's New Drugs.
"Yes there is a placebo effect, but is there a powerful antidepressant drug effect?"
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The authors expected a substantial placebo effect, but were surprised by the small medication effect that they found. It is suggested that their analysis of FDA data is likely to prove controversial, and although the difference in response between antidepressant medication and inert placebo was statistically significant, in clinical terms it was very small, leading Kirsch et al to ask whether these medications are "the emperor's new drugs."
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06-12-2009, 11:15 AM
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