Do Antidepressant Drugs Really Work?

• published: 17 Feb 2015
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Subscribe for free to Dr. Greger's videos at: http://bit.ly/nutritionfactsupdates DESCRIPTION: Freedom of Information Act documents show drug companies hid critical findings from doctors and the public. Exercise as good as antidepressants? See my last video, Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/exercise-vs-drugs-for-depression). There are other ways meta-analyses can be misleading. See The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-saturated-fat-studies-buttering-up-the-public/) and The Saturated Fat Studies: Set Up to Fail (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-saturated-fat-studies-set-up-to-fail/). More on the ethical challenges facing doctors and whether or not to prescribe sugar pills in The Lie That Heals: Should Doctors Give Placebos? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-lie-that-heals-should-doctors-give-placebos/) I’ve used the Freedom of Information Act myself to get access to behind the scenes industry shenanigans. See for example what I found out about the egg industry in Who Says Eggs Aren’t Healthy or Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-says-eggs-arent-healthy-or-safe/) and Eggs and Cholesterol: Patently False and Misleading Claims (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-cholesterol-patently-false-and-misleading-claims/). This isn’t the only case of the medical profession overselling the benefits of drugs. See The Actual Benefit of Diet vs. Drugs (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Actual-Benefit-of-Diet-vs-Drugs) and Why Prevention is Worth a Ton of Cure (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Why-Prevention-is-Worth-a-Ton-of-Cure) (though if you’re worried about your mood they might make you even more depressed!) Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-antidepressant-drugs-really-work and he'll try to answer it! http://www.NutritionFacts.org • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Podcast: http://www.bit.ly/NFpodcast • Subscribe: http://www.bit.ly/nutritionupdates • Donate: http://www.NutritionFacts.org/donate