Roar Mikalsen - HUMAN RISING - radiofri..

Medical Association last month, that evidence has come with a big asterisk. Yes, the drugs
are effective, in that they lift depression in most patients. But that benefit is hardly more
than what patients get when they, unknowingly and as part of a study, take a dummy pill—a
placebo. As more and more scientists who study depression and the drugs that treat it are
concluding, that suggests that antidepressants are basically expensive Tic Tacs.” Sharon
Begley, The Depressing News About Antidepressants, Newsweek, 8. februar 2010. Funnet på
http://www.newsweek.com/id/232781
I denne forbindelse viser hun til forskning gjort av Irving Kirsch og Guy Sapirstein,
tilknyttet Universitetet i Connecticut, som viser at placeboene var 75 prosent så effektive
som de utprøvde legemidlene; hun viser til funn gjort av Thomas Moore, en helseanalytiker
tilknyttet George Washington University, som viste at denne 75 prosent-raten egentlig var
høyere (82 prosent) fordi legemiddelfirmaene hadde holdt tilbake studier som ikke talte i
deres favør; og tilslutt videre forskning som indikerte at den lille forskjellen mellom ekte
piller og sukkerpiller, som her kommer frem, var enda mindre (så å si, lik null), når en rekke
andre faktorer ble sett nærmere på.
Begley forteller om en JAMA studie gjort i januar, som viste at slike lykkepiller kunne
ha en målbar effekt på de mest ekstreme tilfellene av depresjon (ca 13 prosent av de som
lider av depresjoner), men at for de 87 prosentene som sliter med mer moderate plager, var
effekten ikke målbar. Som rapporten sa: "Prescribers, policy-makers, and consumers may
not be aware that the efficacy of [antidepressants] largely has been established on the basis
of studies that have included only those individuals with more severe forms of depression,"
something drug ads don't mention, they write. People with anything less than very severe
depression "derive little specific pharmacological benefit from taking medications. Pending
findings contrary to those reported here … efforts should be made to clarify to clinicians and
prospective patients that … there is little evidence to suggest that *antidepressants+ produce
specific pharmacological benefit for the majority of patients." Sharon Begley, The Depressing
News About Antidepressants, Newsweek, 8. Februar 2010. Funnet på
http://www.newsweek.com/id/232781
245 Om problembildet forbundet med lykkepillene
Dr Mathias Raths sier dette: ”Antidepressant drugs may damage sperm quality and harm
fertility; increase the risk of being admitted to the hospital for abnormal bleeding; impair
driving ability; cause suicidal tendencies and have an adverse effect on bone growth in
children and adolescents; and, if taken while pregnant, increase the risk of premature birth
and the likelihood of the child suffering a heart defect. Significantly, therefore, a major
review has shown that Prozac, an antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide,
does not work and that nor do similar drugs in the same class. As such, with major risks to
health, and no apparent benefits, it is nothing but criminal that these drugs are still being
prescribed.” http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/News/2009/
pharmaceutical_business/index.htm
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