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> - Ketamine seems to have a much larger effect size (-~0.99 [1] vs -~0.35 for typical antidepressants [2]) [If anyone spots an error, please let me know] I've
by topmonk 9y ago
> - Ketamine seems to have a much larger effect size (-~0.99 [1] vs -~0.35 for typical antidepressants [2]) [If anyone spots an error, please let me know]
I've heard that 35% figure bandied about for awhile now. Does this take into account multiple SSRI's? If one took Welbutrin and it didn't work, for example, and then one decides to try Paxil, is there still a 35% chance that Paxil will work? (both Paxil and Welbutrin are SSRI's)
Or is the 35% figure meaning that if one tried all the SSRI's out there, there is only a 35% chance that any of them at all will help you?
I tried reading your reference, but it doesn't seem to mention this.
- anythingnonidin 9y agoNot sure about your questions, sorry. Perhaps try asking on reddit.com/r/askdrugnerds. And a minor correction to your comment: The ~0.35 is showing standardized mean difference which is more a measure of how much it reduces someone's depression by, as opposed to what you're asking about which is about what % of people respond to a given treatment.