Some interresting considerations about trials methodology (CoI, selectivity in publishing trials with positive results, gap between patients selected and real life patients, scales, what is used as a placebo...) Rings a bell? https://aeon.co/essays/the-evidence...G0isq49Qtq5PIFtBnRSR-xeJJSIwggXT7VuswjGUZgBqY
In answer to the title of this thread: for me-yes. I have to say for many people they are literally life-saving. In terms of ME, not a jot of difference.
I see that the author, Jacob Stegenga, has also written a book that looks interesting: Medical Nihilism. From the blurb:
Spot on. I don't want the medical profession developing any other interventions until they know what this illness is.
Anti-depressants do work: reply to Stegenga https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog/2019/03/anti-depressants-do-work-reply-to-stegenga.html