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As you mention the downvotes, I guess you understand it's not so simple. First, practician already know that the effect are far from being guaranteed, and usua
by hrktb 12y ago
As you mention the downvotes, I guess you understand it's not so simple.
First, practician already know that the effect are far from being guaranteed, and usually after the precription there is a follow-up time span where the drug effects are checked. If something has no results, you try something else.
Then, there will be results sometimes, but it might be a form of placebo. But, will you stop something that seems to help the patient, just because in most cases it shouldn't really work. Usually, no, you go on because placebo or not the results are positive.
All in all, the results of this study are important, but don't have any immediate impact on how current drugs are used I think.
- lutusp 12y ago> As you mention the downvotes, I guess you understand it's not so simple. Yes, and more emotional than intellectual. > But, will you stop something that seems to help the patient, just because in most cases it shouldn't really work. If I had an alternative available that might actually work, that deserved more attention and research funding, I certainly would: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/magazine/02depression.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/magazine/02depression.html... (about Deep Brain Stimulation) > All in all, the results of this study are important, but don't have any immediate impact on how current drugs are used I think. Yes, I understand. These things take time. But imagine that a cancer drug is proven to be ineffective -- guess how long before clinicians would be required to stop prescribing it?