Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Bad News on the Doorstep-Depression drug fails

Posted by SLS on November 8, 2011, at 5:14:13

In reply to Bad News on the Doorstep-Depression drug fails, posted by BrainDamage on November 8, 2011, at 3:29:53

> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/astrazeneca-targacept-drug-misses-goal-study-073218634.html

"TC-5214 -- viewed by analysts as a high-risk, high-reward project -- is designed to work in a novel way by modulating neuronal nicotinic receptors in the brain. Over-stimulation of these receptors is thought to be associated with depression."

The key word here is "associated". This over-stimulation could be a consequence rather than a cause of depression. This may not have been ascertained prior to designing the drug, making its development very risky financially. Let's hope that this failure doesn't make the drug company shy to test novel drugs in the future.


- Scott


Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.

- George Bernard Shaw

 

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:SLS thread:1001880
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20111027/msgs/1001885.html