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Re: If placebo eases depression, real meds will too » rjlockhart37

Posted by Tomatheus on October 3, 2015, at 16:42:06

In reply to Re: If placebo eases depression, real meds will too, posted by rjlockhart37 on October 3, 2015, at 16:20:08

Thank you for your response, RJ. I think it's interesting that you mention opiates, because if my understanding of the article I posted is correct, the article was suggesting (among other things) that activation of the mu-opioid system is involved in the responses to both antidepressant medications and placebos. One of the researchers quoted (Marta Pecina, M.D., Ph.D.) had the following to say: "We can envision that by enhancing placebo effects, we might be able to develop faster-acting or better antidepressants." Perhaps opiates or opiate-like drugs might to a greater extent be looked at as potential antidepressant treatments following this research?

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