Comments: Major International Reaction To Brit Anti-Depressant Study, Near Silence In US
Placebo or not, I know people who swear SSRI's have saved their lives and have to be afraid that with this bad press SSRI's will be harder for them to get. As for the woman who mentioned that her cat takes prozac, I'll say that it's my understanding that when researchers say the drugs don't work much better than placebos to cure depression, they're not saying the drugs don't do anything, just that they don't "cure depression." Since there's no agreed upon definition of depression or of what it means to "cure depression," the whole thing is a bit of a miasma. No one is saying Rum cures depression, but that doesn't mean it won't get you drunk (no I'm not suggesting that ssri's get you drunk, just intoxicated in an odd way).
I am curious as to what behavior the prozac was given to your cat to cure and what behavior changes there have been since he's been taking it.
Posted by Sally at February 27, 2008 06:26 PM