Posted by Caedmon on March 30, 2006, at 23:20:24
In reply to Any more studies done on SSRI/corscrew receptors?, posted by linkadge on March 26, 2006, at 17:00:05
My thoughts:
>That one study basically concluded that more studies should be done before the drugs can be concluded as safe.
There are probably lots of different circumstances in which drugs are *not* tested. Part of doing research is playing a balancing act between controlled factors and broad-ranging, naturalistic ones. Or even extreme factors.
I'm guessing that most drugs, if taken in very large quantities, have the potential to be harmful. I wouldn't necessarily conclude that this means they are unsafe.
My concern with SSRIs is more in the area of long-term use and its effects on dopamine and EPS, as well as the implications surrounding withdrawal effects. (The "brain zaps" thing needs more study IMO.)
Reuptake inhibitors have been around for decades, TCAs do that, SSRIs are just more selective.
Psychiatry is still a really young and immature branch of medicine, and does have some unsound methods for Dx and Tx. Hopefully things will change, someday. Unfortunately, for now meds are pretty much the only thing keeping me alive.
- C
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