tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342651855089974722.post7694567434689490625..comments2023-10-22T07:09:40.782-04:00Comments on Old: Prozac doesn't work?Stephen Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12118017106106571684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342651855089974722.post-13223764166784146482008-02-28T23:42:00.000-05:002008-02-28T23:42:00.000-05:00The drugs success on 'severely' depressed people i...The drugs success on 'severely' depressed people is also easily explicable by the law of averages; more severely afflicted people are more likely to have larger returns to 'normal' levels than people already nearly 'normal'. It's why things like this are harder to test, because you have to test it on 'normal' values to begin with and see its effect, much less reasonable with anti-depressants.Fantustahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986819072846118442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342651855089974722.post-46263428197290614082008-02-26T21:42:00.000-05:002008-02-26T21:42:00.000-05:00Honestly I think it's less a problem of the effica...Honestly I think it's less a problem of the efficacy of these drugs and more that these drugs are over-prescribed. For people who really need them from a chemical standpoint, they often work very well. For people who don't actually need them by have been given prescriptions anyway, obviously they're not going to work. Unfortunately there's no real way to measure how often Prozac is over-prescribed.Sonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824480699313101548noreply@blogger.com