Posted by bleauberry on March 27, 2009, at 14:41:35
In reply to Depression and M/D Improved Treatments, posted by Neal on March 26, 2009, at 22:00:33
My guess is it will take a lot longer than 10 to 15 years. Right now they are already working on drugs for approval by that time, since it takes so long to do that. Those drugs are just more variations of what is already being done. Reuptake this, reuptake that, antagonize this, agonize that. Work on genes I think is barely on the radar.
50 years after they were invented, nothing new has been an improvement on the two most powerful ADs. Clomipramine and Parnate. Sure, they have meds more selective, as if that is somehow supposed to be a good thing, and meds with fewer side effects, which is a subjective topic. But, hey, 50 years, and nothing that beats the first ones.
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