tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post948529673134180174..comments2024-03-28T02:01:21.139-05:00Comments on Family Dysfunction and Mental Health Blog: Able Was I Ere I Saw AbilifyDavid M. Allen M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-72842599835446124902010-11-05T09:24:53.887-05:002010-11-05T09:24:53.887-05:00Anonomous,
Cocaine would lower a Ham-D score to...Anonomous, <br /><br />Cocaine would lower a Ham-D score too, but we don't speak of it as an antidepressant. Valium would lower a Ham D score as well because it would improve sleep, so I guess that's an anti-depresssant too according to your definition. <br /><br />Knocking Prozac? It is true, after all, that highly effective drugs available generically acually make drug company execs MORE depressed.David M. Allen M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3125132926699584358.post-29479835426392754062010-11-05T02:37:21.989-05:002010-11-05T02:37:21.989-05:00You wrote that many people think that Abilify IS a...You wrote that many people think that Abilify IS an antidepressant. Well, in fact, it is. Any drug which lowers, say, a Hamilton-D score is an antidepressant. Are you suggesting that some quality other than clinical improvement determines whether a drug is an antidepressant. If so, then there must necessarily be an antidepressant that doesn't work at all. You probably think Prozac is an antidepressant too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com