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Anti-depressants -- do they work?

Nicky Campbell | 06:47 UK time, Tuesday, 26 February 2008

16 million prescriptions for anti-depressants are written out by GPs - but do the drugs actually work? That's the question this morning after researchers claimed that it's only people who are severly depressed who get any real benefit from some of the most widely used modern anti-depressants.

Have you - or anyone you know - taken Seroxat, Efexor or Prosac? What's your experience?

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