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Well that’s kind of the point. The name SSRI is itself a marketing term. For every such drug, the mechanism of action is still unknown.
by doitLP 7y ago
Well that’s kind of the point. The name SSRI is itself a marketing term. For every such drug, the mechanism of action is still unknown.
- JudgeWapner 7y agothe mechanism that many drugs use, such as nitrous oxide aren't fully known. the wikipedia page for SSRI doesn't seem to look like marketing. a drug doesn't have to be fully understood in order for it to be effective.
- hcknwscommenter 7y agoThat's quite a statement. I mean, sure, the entirety of why selectively inhibiting serotonin reuptake might affect psychological outcomes may be a bit fuzzy at the end, but there is a pretty solid theory here isn't there? The drugs work by selectively inhibiting serotonin reuptake. This leads to more serotonin signaling. Sure it gets a little fuzzy from there to how this mechanism affects mood disorders with various competing theories, but "unknown" is quite a stretch here.