[Old Sarge]

One study found that six weeks of treatment with Emsam was more effective than a non-medicinal placebo in relieving symptoms of major depression disorder in adults

Ain't that, like, common sense? ANY drug might be more effective than the placebo?

[neverdem]

Ain't that, like, common sense? ANY drug might be more effective than the placebo?

No. If the latest recieved wisdom always confirmed common sense they would not have had to develop double blind, placebo controlled trials of drugs for specific diagnoses. Check out the placebo effect by entering those terms at PubMed.