Posted by Shawn. T. on April 17, 2003, at 23:13:36
In reply to Re: Please help with my list of promising future drugs, posted by BrittPark on April 16, 2003, at 14:38:52
I suppose that I'm somewhat biased against using opioids to treat depression. However, considering the currently available treatments for depression, I can agree that opioids should remain viable options for treatment resistant patients. I question how competitive opioids will be once a wider and more effective range of antidepressants are released. I think it's difficult to judge how the efficacy/side effect profile of an opioid agonist/antagonist combination might compare to something like a CRF antagonist. Based on my own knowledge and bias, I don't see opioids as having much of a place in the future of antidepressant treatments; they simply don't attack the root of the problem directly enough for me to believe in their potential. I'll still probably make a note about opioids and other drugs like NMDA antagonists at the end of my article; thanks for the suggestion.
Shawn
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