- Reaction score
- 1,699
"We need to be much more cautious about the widespread use of these drugs," says Paul Andrews, an evolutionary biologist at McMaster University and lead author of the article, published today in the online journal Frontiers in Psychology.
"It's important because millions of people are prescribed anti-depressants each year, and the conventional wisdom about these drugs is that they're safe and effective."
Andrews and his colleagues examined previous patient studies into the effects of anti-depressants and determined that the benefits of most anti-depressants, even taken at their best, compare poorly to the risks, which include premature death in elderly patients.
Anti-depressants are designed to relieve the symptoms of depression by increasing the levels of serotonin in the brain, where it regulates mood. The vast majority of serotonin that the body produces, though, is used for other purposes, including digestion, forming blood clots at wound sites, reproduction and development.
-------------------------
I took Zoloft for a couple days after my divorce. You could have dropped a bomb off in the room and I would not have cared. Talk about a Fuk-it-al pill. I also tried Ephexxor for a few days and that stuff made me so angry I wanted to kill someone. The people that I know take them, do it to get by, it does not cure them. It just gives them a crutch so they do not have to deal with other problems. Eventually you should deal with those problems. Just saying...
"It's important because millions of people are prescribed anti-depressants each year, and the conventional wisdom about these drugs is that they're safe and effective."
Andrews and his colleagues examined previous patient studies into the effects of anti-depressants and determined that the benefits of most anti-depressants, even taken at their best, compare poorly to the risks, which include premature death in elderly patients.
Anti-depressants are designed to relieve the symptoms of depression by increasing the levels of serotonin in the brain, where it regulates mood. The vast majority of serotonin that the body produces, though, is used for other purposes, including digestion, forming blood clots at wound sites, reproduction and development.
Evidence shows that anti-depressants likely do more harm than good, researchers find
Commonly prescribed anti-depressants appear to be doing patients more harm than good, say researchers who have published a paper examining the impact of the medications on the entire body.
medicalxpress.com
-------------------------
I took Zoloft for a couple days after my divorce. You could have dropped a bomb off in the room and I would not have cared. Talk about a Fuk-it-al pill. I also tried Ephexxor for a few days and that stuff made me so angry I wanted to kill someone. The people that I know take them, do it to get by, it does not cure them. It just gives them a crutch so they do not have to deal with other problems. Eventually you should deal with those problems. Just saying...
Last edited: