В систематическом обзоре 252 исследований лекарственных препаратов для лечения депрессии, опубликованных в период с 1978 по 2016 год, был обнаружен один единственный препарат, который доказанно эффективен у 35-40% пациентов которые принимают его.
Этот препарат называется…
плацебо.
Источник – http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5778
A systematic review of 252 trials of drugs for depression published between 1978 and 2016 has found one drug that consistently works for 35-40% of participants (Lancet Psychiatry doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30307-8). It is called placebo. Contrary to expectation, the effect size did not vary over more than 25 years. Drugs with a number needed to treat of fewer than three are pretty uncommon, so we should cherish placebo for depression. And all antidepressant drugs should be judged by the number needed to treat beyond placebo, balanced against the number needed to harm.