Posted by alexandra_k on March 6, 2005, at 1:16:03
In reply to Another One?, posted by rainbowbrite on March 5, 2005, at 23:44:20
> If a person responds well to an SSRI and does not to a drug that affects dopamine or norepinephrine and vice versa, well....does that mean that there are actually 2 types or even 3 types of depression?
Depends on what criteria you want to use to define 'types'. You could do it that way. I think I read something about them finding 5 different kinds of xxx (maybe dopamine??) receptors. Further research should let us know whether drugs that target specific kinds of receptors will help people more and give them less side affects. Still need to develop the drugs... Still need to test the drugs...
But you could type them like that. Yes. Better way of typing it than behavioural symptoms (IMO).
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