±«ÓãÖ±²¥ News - antidepressant /channels/news_feeds/all/term/antidepressant/rss en New use for an old drug: How does ketamine combat depression? /channels/channels/news/new-use-old-drug-how-does-ketamine-combat-depression-327092 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian universities. The <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03047-0">discovery</a> could lead to better and safer treatments for certain patients suffering from major depression.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/depression.jpg?itok=lCH_-4oe" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:07:12 +0000 webfull 166245 at /channels Antidepressants: rise in off-label prescriptions /channels/news/antidepressants-rise-label-prescriptions-260949 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em><a href="/newsroom">±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p>Antidepressant use in North America has increased over the last 2 decades. A suspected reason for this trend is that primary care physicians are increasingly prescribing antidepressants for nondepressive indications, including unapproved (off-label) indications that have not been evaluated by regulatory agencies.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/antidepressants_-_release_image.jpg?itok=b0SJATLQ" width="160" height="99" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 24 May 2016 13:45:26 +0000 webfull 118919 at /channels