Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public’s Trust - Mikkael A. Sekeres

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  johndunbar
  April 24th, 2023
  

  

  Thanks for sharing

  Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust - Mikkael A. Sekeres
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  apnea
  April 27th, 2023
  

  

  Public’s trust….right. What a joke. FDA are just as criminal. Lies. The taxpayer funds the FDA to shield them from Big Pharma’s lies. Instead the opposite happens.

  **Scientists Find No Evidence That Depression Is Caused by “Chemical Imbalance” or Low Serotonin Levels**

  “After decades of research, there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, according to a comprehensive review of prior research led by University College London (UCL) scientists.

  The major new umbrella review – an overview of existing meta-analyses and systematic reviews – was published on July 20 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. It suggests that depression is not likely caused by a chemical imbalance, and calls into question what antidepressant medications do. This is because most antidepressants are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which were originally said to function by correcting abnormally low serotonin levels. In fact, there is no other accepted pharmacological mechanism by which antidepressants affect the symptoms of depression.”

  https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-no-evidence-that-depression-is-caused-by-chemical-imbalance-or-low-serotonin-levels/
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  Some other headlines.
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  *30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the lie that chemical imbalances cause depression*
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  *Did Psychiatry Ever Endorse the Chemical Imbalance Theory of Depression?*

  ‘With the chemical imbalance theory falling out of fashion, researchers examine the claim that psychiatry never truly endorsed it.’

  “As the evidence against the serotonin theory of depression grows each day, many psychiatrists have claimed that the field never truly embraced this damaging and incorrect theory. To test whether psychiatry championed the serotonin theory of depression, the current work examines highly cited reviews of the causes of depression, highly cited papers that discussed depression and serotonin, and several textbooks published between 1990 and 2012. Despite contemporary psychiatrists’ claims to the contrary, all of the textbooks examined and nearly all academic papers supported this theory despite the lack of evidence.
  “The findings suggest that the serotonin theory was endorsed by the professional and academic community,” the authors write. “The analysis suggests that, despite protestations to the contrary, the profession bears some responsibility for the propagation of a theory that is not empirically supported and the mass antidepressant prescribing it has inspired.“
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  It’s not our fault, we were just following orders.
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  Guys in suits, people wearing uniforms, people in lab coats - authorities lie to kids & lie to the adults all day every day. This is how it is now

  Drugs and the FDA: Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust - Mikkael A. Sekeres

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