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Dhru Purohit

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Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

That's great.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

I love the visual because it really drives the idea home that it's that tiny little tweak of these, I don't know if the right term is fractional dosing or whatever it might be, that makes all the difference

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

in terms of the letdown of getting people off of this process and allowing their body to achieve that homeostasis in a much more peaceful and stabilized way.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

And that is the difference between somebody who can get off of this generally through a very smooth process versus somebody who feels like their life is turning upside down completely from getting off these medications.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

So this world is pretty controversial in your community, right?

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

There's a lot of different views that people have, people not up to date on the latest information.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

And you have leaned into that controversy and addressed it head on.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

But give a little bit of a snapshot because, you know, folks that are listening here, everything you're saying, they're nodding their head.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

They're, oh, my gosh, this is amazing.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

This makes so much sense.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

If this makes so much sense and it's so obvious, like, why isn't everybody doing this?

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

And part of that is that layer of some of that controversy.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

So explain the landscape.

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

Who are the detractors, the people that feel that this isn't needed, it isn't useful, there's not enough research on it?

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

Who are the groups and what do they believe?

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

Yeah, and therefore by also acknowledging that, that some people might need to come off, that most people would benefit from getting off slowly and that their withdrawal symptoms are an issue,

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

I guess that opening up that can of worms also just opens up the whole can of worms of are SSRIs the first-line therapy approach that should be prescribed in many of these situations?

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

Or should we take a little bit more of an approach to look at many other proven things that are there, or at least have the patient have more informed consent?

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

I guess if you're opening the can of worms on withdrawal symptoms, that also opens

Dhru Purohit Show
Top Psychiatric Expert Warns: "I Couldn't Get Off My Own Antidepressant. Here’s What Every Patient Needs to Know!” with Dr. Mark Horowitz

I can imagine, is very scary for these drug companies and the spokespeople that are part of it that, okay, what's next after that?