Posted by Refractory on December 3, 1999, at 0:11:34
In reply to Substance-P: The Bad... and Good News..., posted by Zeke on December 1, 1999, at 17:58:41
> Merck Pharmaceuticals has seemingly shelved the substance P inhibitor for depression at this point. However all is not lost: Merck exploring other uses for the drug (eg, treatment of chemotherapy-induced emesis), and once on the market physicians may prescribe it for other indications such as depression.
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> Take a look at this URL: http://www.merck.com/overview/98ar/p15.htm
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> Because of the efficacy of tramadol (and opioids) in OCD, perhaps the substance P inhibitor will have anti-obsessional potential.Zeke, that is some good info you have there. The info on that Merck webpage coincides with exactly what I was told last spring by some old hand psychiatrists at a teaching hospital. They told me there was some questioning of the efficacy of the Mk-869 version substance P, that it didnt work as well as they thought. So it looks like they picked up another substance P drug and cycled it back into the process.
Guess a substance P antidepressant will be out in oh, maybe 5 years? Also, dont forget other companies are working on substance P antidepressants, not just Merck. So more hope there too. Plus there are the CRF antagonists...those are what? Maybe 10 years away?
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