In a study comparing the effectiveness of light therapy and an antidepressant medication, fluoxetine, evidence was found to support the effectiveness and tolerability of both treatments for SAD.

There is an extensive body of clinical data demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of TMS in treating major depression in patients who have not received benefit from antidepressant medication including 2 randomized, controlled multicenter trials, 2 open-label extension studies, and a 6 month post-treatment durability study.

The user manual for the device warns that effectiveness has not been established in patients with major depressive disorder who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from zero and from two or more antidepressant medications in the current episode and that the device has not been studied in patients who have had no prior antidepressant medication.

In 1998, a meta-analysis of published antidepressant trials found that 75 % of the effectiveness of anti-depressant medication is due to the placebo effect and other non-specific effects, rather than the treatment itself.

* Assess the safety and effectiveness of a new medication or device on a specific kind of patient ( e. g., patients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease )

* Assess the safety and effectiveness of a different dose of a medication than is commonly used ( e. g., 10-mg dose instead of 5-mg dose )

* Assess the safety and effectiveness of an already marketed medication or device for a new indication, i. e. a disease for which the drug is not specifically approved

This form of counselling can be effective alone ; combining it with medication is more effective, and the number of sessions of support with medication correlates with effectiveness.

Cialis's 36-hour effectiveness earned it the nickname, " The Weekend Pill "; like sildenafil and vardenafil, tadalafil is recommended as an ' as needed ' medication.

Baker also tested the effectiveness of anti-motion sickness medication in space.

Contemplation and discussion of suicide is prominent and whilst there is no strict narrative or timeline, certain issues and events are clearly dealt with: deciding whether to take medication to treat depression, the desires of the depressed mind, the effects and effectiveness of medication, self-harm, suicide and the possible causes of depression.

Due to having little or no scales at all, a reduced dosage may be required when using certain types of medication, possibly reducing the effectiveness.

An open-label trial may be unavoidable under some circumstances, such as comparing the effectiveness of a medication to intensive physical therapy sessions.

The commission also recommended deeper study of the safety and effectiveness of medication use, especially among children.

* Starting on a new medication that reduces the effectiveness of the anticonvulsant or changes drug metabolism, decreasing its half-life, leading to decreased blood concentrations

The number needed to treat ( NNT ) is an epidemiological measure used in assessing the effectiveness of a health-care intervention, typically a treatment with medication.

In this way, specialists in pharmacy informatics work with the medical and nursing staffs at hospitals to improve the safety and effectiveness of medication use by utilizing CPOE systems.

Consumer age and product type also influenced perceived effectiveness.

This amendment made changes to the Federal Food Drug & Consumer Act by requiring drug companies to prove both safety and effectiveness of their products.

Whether this abnormal TSH differs chemically from pituitary TSH, or is, alternatively, normal TSH with its period of effectiveness modified by some other blood constituent, cannot be decided without chemical study of the activity in the blood of these patients and a comparison of the substance responsible for the blood activity with pituitary Aj.

* Benzodiazepines are sometimes used for obsessive compulsive disorder, although they are generally believed to be ineffective for this indication ; effectiveness was, however, found in one small study.

The study used meta-analysis of over a hundred secondary studies to find some level of effectiveness that was either " proven " or " presumed " to exist.

Allowing users to test developing products can have its limits in effectiveness, as the culture of the industry and desired outcomes can affect the effect on CRM creation, as a 2008 case study suggests that the responsiveness of test users can vary dramatically depending on the industry and field of the user.

Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations.

Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations.

* In a mice study, scientists from Rice University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported enhanced effectiveness and reduced toxicity of an existing treatment for head and neck cancer when using the nanoparticles to deliver the drug.

In a 1946 to 1948 study in Guatemala, U. S. researchers used prostitutes to infect prison inmates, insane asylum patients, and Guatemalan soldiers with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases ( STDs ), to test the effectiveness of penicillin in treating such diseases.

In a survey study by Jay and Erika Vora, the effectiveness of the TRC Commission was measured on a variety of levels, namely its usefulness in terms of bringing out the truth of what had happened during the apartheid regime, the feelings of reconciliation that could be linked to the Commission, and the positive effects both domestically and internationally that the Commission brought about in a variety of ways from the political environment of South Africa to the economic one.

This Health Technology Assessment monograph includes reviews of the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of varicose veins, as well as a study on clinical and cost effectiveness of surgery and sclerotherapy.

A study from by Inside Higher Ed and the Babson Survey Research Group shows that there is still disagreement as to the effectiveness of the approaches but the reach and accessibility is proving to be more and more appealing.

A 2004 large multicentre clinical follow-up study of ECT patients in New York — describing itself as the first systematic documentation of the effectiveness of ECT in community practice in the 65 years of its use — found remission rates of only 30 to 47 percent, with 64 percent of those relapsing within six months.

This finding, however, says nothing about the effectiveness of defensive gun use since the researchers did not actually study any such uses.

An extensive PhD study conducted over 8 years examined what factors increase leader effectiveness in virtual teams.

A U. S. based study, evaluating the efficacy of SHUTi ( Sleep Healthy Using The Internet ), is currently seeking participants to further examine the effectiveness of using the Internet to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia ( www. shuti. org ).

In addition to designing an effective three-point belt, Bohlin demonstrated its effectiveness in a study of 28, 000 accidents in Sweden.

On a second study, a group of British researchers gave their approval to butterbur's effectiveness in battling symptoms of grass allergy.

One study has found its effectiveness similar to sulfasalazine.

One particular study noted marked effectiveness for treatment of depressive symptoms when combining regular exercise to bright light therapy.

* Assessing the Impact of CCTV, a UK Home office study on the effectiveness of closed-circuit television

The study involved shutting off all 433 ramp meters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for eight weeks to test their effectiveness.

* In 2005, the Virginia legislature declined to reauthorize its red light camera enforcement law after a study questioned their effectiveness, only to reverse itself in 2007 and allow cameras to return to any city with a population greater than 10, 000.