[gonnadoit05]

This was the most interesting part of the article. It’d be nice if someone could verify this claim with more research and study.

>Tylenol (acetaminophen) is the least-effective over-the-counter painkiller. At the time of writing, it beats placebo 62% of time. To put that in perspective, taking a sugar pill will cure your headache better than Tylenol 38% of the time. In other words, it’s not that effective.

>Going back to the depression page, we can see that our favorite SSRI, Lexapro, beats placebo 58% of the time. In other words, the best SSRI that big pharma can muster has a probability of benefit 4 points worse than Tylenol—the least effective painkiller. Let me say that again: the worst headache cure you’ve tried is more powerful than every SSRI.