Posted by SLS on March 6, 2006, at 8:11:43
In reply to Re: NASA's , SSRI, SNRI, etc.}} SLS, posted by sdb on March 5, 2006, at 20:06:36
I just woke up, so I've got to give my Parnate-starved brain some time to warm up.
> If a cause is not entirely known what instrument of measurement do you want to use except statistics?
I was talking about the first study you introduced to the thread that infered that SSRIs produce heart disease.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with statistics. It is the pretension of being able to infer the cause and effect relationship that I had a problem with.
> >>same heart valvular pathologies as are seen with the serotonin releasers
> Interesting.Remember the Phen-Fen debacle? Fenfluramine is a potent serotonin releaser. It might block the reuptake to some extent as well, but is not generally known for doing so.
> >>I can think of several other scenarios that would account for the statistics presented in the article> Could you give me the other scenarios?
I knew you were going to ask for one.
What if nicotine or some other substance in tobacco were capable of producing cardiovascular disease - not too far-fetched. We then see that a greater percentage of people with depression smoke than people without depression (a statistical fact). Among the other things that it does, nicotine acts to release dopamine in reward centers of the brain. Depressed people like this. It is a form of self-medication. Soooo... a greater proportion of depressives will die of smoking-related cardiovascular disease than the rate seen in the general population. Of course, it is people with depression whom take SSRI antidepressants. Thus, a greater proportion of people taking SSRIs will die of CVD. See how that works?
> Thank you very much.
Thanks for helping me to get a few pistons to fire.
- Scott
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