Hi Gary, big fan of HealthNewsReview -- in fact, I used to be a reviewer! Which is why I was skeptical of RxBalance when I saw one of her blog posts, "How Pharma Spins Antipsychotics for Depression." She spends ~500 words talking about how pharma rebranded second gen antipsychotics as augmented treatments for depression, without mentioning any clinical studies. Here is a meta-analysis that shows many of these drugs are significantly better than placebo at treating depression: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4756722/. So it's not just pharma pushing a narrative --it's science backed. Why wouldn't she mention this fact? I'm glad someone is holding pharmaceutical companies accountable and shedding a light on Big Pharma advertising, but it shouldn't be at the expense of omitting scientific information.
Hi Gary, big fan of HealthNewsReview -- in fact, I used to be a reviewer! Which is why I was skeptical of RxBalance when I saw one of her blog posts, "How Pharma Spins Antipsychotics for Depression." She spends ~500 words talking about how pharma rebranded second gen antipsychotics as augmented treatments for depression, without mentioning any clinical studies. Here is a meta-analysis that shows many of these drugs are significantly better than placebo at treating depression: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4756722/. So it's not just pharma pushing a narrative --it's science backed. Why wouldn't she mention this fact? I'm glad someone is holding pharmaceutical companies accountable and shedding a light on Big Pharma advertising, but it shouldn't be at the expense of omitting scientific information.