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posted ago by HelloDolly ago by HelloDolly +302 / -0

My favorite part of the article about why we should keep using antidepressants:

"Many commonly used medicines were used for decades before we understood their mechanisms of action: from aspirin to morphine to penicillin. Knowing they worked provided the impetus for establishing how they worked; and this knowledge generated new treatments."

Given that studies show that anti-depressants don't really work better than placebo, not as compelling argument as this statement would be for, IDK, Ivermectin?

Clown world. Links below.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/03/the-chemical-imbalance-theory-of-depression-is-dead-but-that-doesnt-mean-antidepressants-dont-work

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428540/