Study Finds Little Value in Antidepressants

People don’t get much better with popular drugs for depression than they do with a placebo, says a new study. The drugs are only effective for those with the most severe depression, the researchers found. The study looked at data from 35 studies. Some had never been published. The drugs included Prozac, Effexor, Serzone and Paxil. Serzone is not sold in the United States. The authors said these drugs should be prescribed only for severe depression. Reuters Health news service wrote about the study February 26. It was published in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine.