Posted by JahL on March 25, 2006, at 19:57:53
In reply to Re: hormones and depression, posted by SLS on March 25, 2006, at 19:35:50
> > also there's cortisol--there's that new cortisol-lowering drug (I think its just RU-486 in different packagint) that apparently does wonders for psychotic depression. I imagine it will probably be used for other disorders, too.
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> RU-486 is now called mifepristone (Mifeprex).
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> The NIMH has an ongoing study of mifepristone to treat bipolar disorder. The drug is a cortisol receptor blocker. I tried it for bipolar depression.Hi Scott.
Sorry it didn't work. I know you had quite high hopes for Mifepristone.
Mifepristone is next on my list. It's impossible to get prescribed in the UK but I think I've sourced it from abroad. It's very expensive so I'm just getting the money together now.
Can I ask you how you managed to trial it? I would've assumed you were taking too many psych meds to be accepted onto an official trial?
Ta,
J.
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