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1/ Important study on #antidepressants & #heartdisease. 6 months of Rx for even minor depression in #cardiac patients offers protection against adverse events (heart attack, death, etc) seen for many (8+) years out. bit.ly/2LBZPuM @JAMA_current # of interesting points...
2/ The effects of meds on mood were the same as those in many other studies, 2-3 points difference on symptoms, NNT to remission between 5 & 6, effect size under .4 …& this difference, often dismissed as minor, was associated with marked benefits in terms of overall health...
3/ it looks as if treating about 10 patients early on prevents one heart attack, w & other benefits for heart (& overall) health. Benefits were larger in those whose mood disorder remitted & those who completed the trial. So: good news. Brief inexpensive Rx w lasting benefits...
Doctors are no longer a driving part of the #OpioidHysteria. They never really were. Why why why are we still getting these stories instead of what’s really going on? Alt facts much? How very Trumpian. News media needs to take a good look in the mirror & start facing the truth.
Define “overprescribing” please. 91 ppl per day die from overdoses: from what exactly? Which meds? Multiple meds or just Opioids? God I’m fucking tired of this whole bs narrative still going on.
How about the painful stories of vulnerable ppl -disabled-Veterans-elderly- being cut off from #opioids & committing suicide b/c their pain is so bad?? #SuicideDue2Pain #PainKills
