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> We don't see significant amount of children whose mothers taken SSRIs being born with deformed limbs and dying young. This rationalization seems uncompassion
by Domenic_S 11y ago
> We don't see significant amount of children whose mothers taken SSRIs being born with deformed limbs and dying young.
This rationalization seems uncompassionate at best, implying that mood/cognitive disorders are less important/disruptive than physical disorders.
> SSRIs and aspirin. In both cases, we know that the drug works and is mostly harmless, but we have [no] clue how exactly it works.
To the contrary, the 1982 Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of the mechanism of action for aspirin. In contrast, although we know SSRIs cause elevated mood and have anti-anxiety effects, their method of action is not understood. This is not in dispute within the medical community.
> for little-to-no side-effects
We don't know this, which is the entire point of the article and discussion.