82% of all antidepressants consumed are taken by long term patients - THE DRUGS DON'T WORK

Source Dr David Healy & research assistant Graham Aldred


Figure 4 (below) translates medication doses of paroxetine,

fluoxetine and sertraline into patients and demonstrates

that the number of new patients is not a

simple proportional function of the scripts and pills

issued. In fact the number of new patients tends to

stabilize at around 300,000 per year for all three pills

combined. The distribution of medication between

new and long-term patients is shown in Figure 5.

By 2003, new patients only use 18% approximately

of the medication issued for these three drugs.



http://psychrights.org/research/Digest/AntiDepressants/HealyAldred2111.pdf