Interesting article. I wish we were at the point already where genetic tests could be done, or tests to detect levels of things in the brain, to find out what is causing a particular person to feel depressed, and what specific drugs to prescribe to counteract the depression. It sounds like we're getting closer to that, though.
With me wanting to know all the ingredients of the medications I ingest, it would be hard to keep the fact that something I was prescribed was a placebo. I'd be looking at the documentation that came with the pills, wondering, "where's the active ingredient?! It doesn't say!"
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Date: 2009-07-27 10:07 pm (UTC)From:With me wanting to know all the ingredients of the medications I ingest, it would be hard to keep the fact that something I was prescribed was a placebo. I'd be looking at the documentation that came with the pills, wondering, "where's the active ingredient?! It doesn't say!"