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Pharmaceuticals on the market today don’t have a great track record in treating chronic depression. The first time a depression victim takes a drug it has a 66%
by gogopuppygogo 6y ago
Pharmaceuticals on the market today don’t have a great track record in treating chronic depression. The first time a depression victim takes a drug it has a 66% failure rate: https://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/treatment-resistant-depression-what-is-treatment-resistant-depression https://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/treatment-resistant-d...
Drugs like MDMA are being evaluated as a potential treatment as well: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mdma-depression https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mdma-depression
- bccdee 6y ago33% success rate on first try is better than I'd expected. Anecdotally, I've heard it usually takes several tries to find an antidepressant that works for any given patient. But once you've found a drug that works, that helps a lot.