Posted by stargazer on March 31, 2007, at 12:47:06
In reply to Re: I love Provigil!!, posted by Phillipa on March 31, 2007, at 11:16:54
See here's the thing, what works for one will fail so miserably for another. That is the brain chemisty thing no one has figured out yet, which causes endless med trials, rather than just trying the ones that are chemically suitable for us.
When is the genetic testing for psychiatric meds going to be available? So many other medical specialties are already using this technology, why not psychiatry? Is that because so many do not believe depression exists or that psychiatry is not considered a real branch of medicine?
So many medications are developed in psychiatry without having a clearcut rationale for their action. If I read one more time, Action:
"Unknown" or "not fully understood'. For not knowing very much about the mechanism behind the drug, there's no lack of money being poured into development of more psychiatic drugs. It seems as though any new Psychiatric drug with enough marketing can make a drug company tons of money even with little proof of effectiveness beyond the placebo effect.In any event, I don't a drug's effectiveness has to be that much greater than the placebo effect to be approved by the FDA.
The "science" of psychiatry needs to come up with better diagnostic testing and drugs with better outcomes, so that we are not used as guinea pigs forever. I've been a guinea pig for 20+ years and it hasn't been a fun journey. Tests of which drugs will work or have the greatest possibility of working should have been developed by now. The science probably exists, but that would be the end of unlimited drug testing for each and every patient with depression or other diagnoses. That would greatly reduce the profit margins for the pharma giants by eliminating the never ending drug trials and help patients recover at a much quicker pace. This should be where the science is today, not by developing more medicines with inexact mechanisms but less medicines with more specific mechanisms to improve patient outcomes not to delay the outcomes.
Is this too much to ask, it is 2007 and I'm not getting any younger but there is a wholenew generation of depressives coming up in the ranks to stand in line for the next, best drug to help them cope with life's uncertainties.
Will they be saying what I'm saying now, where are the answers, what meds will help me! I sure hope not for their sake!
Stargazer
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