Posted by SLS on August 29, 2012, at 4:19:40
In reply to Re: SLS Minocycline evidence!, posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 28, 2012, at 23:17:47
> But in all honesty Phillipa, I'd think you'd be better off trying an SSRI or another antidepressant in a higher dose than you're currently taking than trying exotic remedies like minocycline.
In what ways is minocycline exotic? Exotic or not, it does seem to be a remedy for unipolar and bipolar depression.It can't be all that exotic:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01514422
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01429272
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01659320
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01574742
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01403662
http://clinicaltrialsfeeds.org/clinical-trials/show/NCT01574742
http://www.clinicaltrialsgps.com/search-clinical-trials/trial-33173/?Location=72766
These are just for depression. There are a bunch for schizophrenia as well.
In the 1950s, can you imagine how exotic it was to see a drug used to treat tuberculosis act as a potent antidepressant? It turned out that this drug was an MAOI.
Although minocycline is a tetracycline derivative, it is replete with psychobiological properties not seen in the other tetracyclines.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120803/msgs/1023257.html
Minocycline would still help with depression were you to cleave off or neutralize the part of the molecule responsible for its antibiotic properties. In fact, there are people working on designing such a molecule.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120803/msgs/1023257.html
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