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Antidepressants Mostly Useless, Study Finds

Prozac and others make a difference only in most extreme cases

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 26, 2008 7:41 AM CST

(Newser) – Big Pharma swallowed a bitter pill yesterday as Prozac and other antidepressants were found in a UK study to be largely ineffectual in all but the most extreme cases of depression. The meta-analysis of 47 clinical trials submitted to the FDA with licensing applications for...   Read full story »

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