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To: gzzimlich

As a physician you should know that the dependence on an SSRI is not the same type as that of an addiction. That is so blatantly a broad-brushed statement that, for a physician, it calls your motivations into question.

Good clinical practice is not to “make people feel good”, as you imply. Relieving acute pain with opiates or acute anxiety with benzos are legitimate treatment goals. When the disorders become chronic, the addictive quality of those medications countervail that indication.


7 posted on 06/22/2012 11:39:43 AM PDT by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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Good clinical practice is not to “make people feel good”,

That sounds strange. I think I want a second opinion. ;-)

13 posted on 06/22/2012 3:16:36 PM PDT by Tau Food (Tom Hoefling for President - 2012)
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