Posted by Elroy on May 27, 2005, at 23:34:24
In reply to Re: Severe Anxiety, Moderate Depression High Cortisol, posted by SLS on May 26, 2005, at 8:15:28
Yes, I picked up on that info also. Looks like they're spreading out the various forms of depression / anxiety to check to see if RU486 may be an effective therapy. The common denominator with the tests seem to be the existence of highly elevated cortisol in some type of depression setting where HPA Axis dysfunction could be likely.
It seems to me that some of the reports of tests already conducted indicated that the therapy had apparently "re-set" the HPA Axis resulting in lowered cortisol secretion.
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> The NIMH recently began a study of mifepristone (RU-486) to treat bipolar depression.
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> Rather than reducing the synthesis of cortisol, mifepristone blocks directly the cortisol receptors.
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> - Scott
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