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Naltrexone could alleviate depression symptoms in patients who relapsed while taking antidepressants
PsyPost
18 December 2016
https://www.psypost.org/2016/12/naltrexone-alleviate-depression-symptoms-patients-relapsed-taking-antidepressants-46566
Research suggest that the drug naltrexone can be used for the treatment of depression. A double-blind randomized study was created and found that low doses of naltrexone reduced depression in 12 subjects who did not find relief with dopamine-enhancing antidepressants. The main finding of the study concluded that if you are a patient who has not found relief of depression with the use of antidepressants with dopaminergic mechanism of action, low-dose naltrexone should be considered.
Keywords: low-dose naltrexone, dopamine-enhancing antidepressants, SSRIs, depression, antidepressants
Summary and Keywords by Erin Williams, student, St. Louis College of Pharmacy