Posted by SLS on December 3, 2008, at 10:29:26
In reply to Re: Study Of Antidepressants Show All Same!!!! » seldomseen, posted by Glydin 3.9 on December 3, 2008, at 8:10:47
I think you guys pretty much hit the target. One needs to be very careful for how statistics and tenets are portrayed. Yes, with some exceptions, all traditional antidepressants have demonstrated roughly equal efficacy when viewed in the context of how many people, when selected at random, will respond to any given drug.
My earliest impressions would place a slight difference between various drugs that would look something like this.
Nardil -> Parnate -> clomipramine -> amitriptyline -> imipramine -> Effexor -> Lexapro -> Prozac -> Wellbutrin -> Remeron
At the end would be trazodone, reboxetine, moclobemide, and maprotiline.
I would love to know how other people would rate antidepressants. Clinical impressions are used by doctors to determine the order of trying various treatments on their patients. So, are these drugs all the same as characterized by the study? Perhaps in a global statement, yes. In the eyes of many practicing physicians, no.
- Scott
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