Posted by mtdewcmu on January 6, 2010, at 21:37:47
In reply to Antidepressants only for severely depressed--, posted by Abby Cunningham on January 6, 2010, at 19:09:08
Thanks for posting that blog. I liked this bit about Abilify: "Bristol-Myers Squibb, manufacturer of Abilify, has been running a disinformation campaign in medical journals to tout its drug as an antidepressant. Their attempts to paint a positive picture of Abilify's antidepressant properties and its allegedly fantastic safety/tolerability profile have been simultaneously tragic and amusing." I let my previous psychiatrist put me on Abilify for depression, but I have stopped taking it due to it having apparently no benefit on my mood. I wish I hadn't wasted money on it. It only makes sense that the drug companies would want to steer depressives to expensive atypical antipsychotics now that most antidepressants are off-patent.
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