Ailments are big business
Back when Prozac (fluoxetine) and Zoloft (sertraline) were new, I remember the mental acrobatics doctors made to justify giving these drugs to anxious patients. The drugs were approved for treating depression, but we knew they often seemed to help anxiety. The reason, we were told, was that some anxious patients were actually depressed, deep down, and we had just failed to recognize their depression.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: A Country Doctor, MD Tags: Meds Primary care Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
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