Posted by jedi on September 17, 2006, at 0:08:04
In reply to Re: Nicotine and Depression, posted by SLS on September 16, 2006, at 22:46:48
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> Nicotine provides mild anxiolytic, reward, and euphoriant effects, but it is not a potent antidepressant. If it were, we wouldn't see so many depressed people smoking cigarettes. It would, of course, be the best kept secret in psychiatry.
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> People who are depressed choose many different drugs and behaviors to self-medicate. This does not make these things antidepressants.
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> Nicotine is not an antidepressant.
Scott,
Your logical thinking on this makes perfect sense. I guess I won't rush out to buy nicotine gum.
Jedi
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