Posted by mellow on August 30, 2011, at 18:20:50
In reply to New research on boosting the response of ADs, posted by roscopeeco on August 30, 2011, at 14:57:09
Very cool thanks for the article. I'm certain there will be alternatives for drug therapy in the future. Of course they probably can't just put ketamine out on the market so they will have to use the knowledge of that pathway and find another agent to trigger that response. They will need something that doesn't have street value or act like a lethal tranquilizer when used in excess. I've seen people almost die by overdoing it with ketamine back in my party days.
Of course what angers me is that newer drugs could come out tomorrow if nami, nih, narsad were allowed to publish what they really know. SSRI's have probably peaked, but big pharma can probably make a few more trillions on Cymbalta, Lyrica and such. Kind of like how they did the bait and switch with Lexapro after Celexa went generic. We won't see anything new until all the NRI drugs get resynthesized for one more generation and then finally go generic. I'm thinking at least another 15 or 20 years.
Not to sound like a downer, but there are people who stand to lose money if research like the stuff in that article were to bring drugs to market before current patents are up.
mellow
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