PHARMACISTS step aside - if patients want sensible and well-considered medicines advice, US Fox News host, Tucker Carlson, is the person to turn to, it seems.
Following the release of a review which suggested that research based on the serotonin hypothesis had not produced convincing evidence of the biochemical basis to depression, Carlson questioned why selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were still being prescribed.
In a diatribe about the review conducted by researchers at the University of London, Carlson latched onto a side effect of the medications to support his argument that patients should abandon treatment.
"If it steals your sex drive, maybe it's stealing your soul," he suggested.
Dispensary Corner would like to point out that the review made no mention of the possibility that SSRIs could be responsible for stealing patients' souls, but it's a unique hypothesis.
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