The “Break it Down” Blog

The PLoS Medicine Journal has published a piece of work that suggests when all of the study data from antidepressants is considered and not just the positive material that was submitted to the FDA for approval, the real-world benefits of antidepressants are no better than a placebo, showing a barely measurable change of 1 or 2 points on a depression scale of 30.

Now, I’m not gonna get all crazy Tom Cruise on you about this, but I’d be curious how many of the folks on antidepressants would be cured with a strict exercise routine and a change of diet… in my scientific opinion given that America creates people like this:

I’m going to guess that success rate would be somewhere around 92%. Oh wait, that takes work… just give me a pill instead! YAY!