Posted by SLS on December 11, 2012, at 10:30:01
In reply to Re: How do I lower pro-inflammatory cytokines? » SLS, posted by Phillipa on December 11, 2012, at 9:56:17
> When thinking of using the minocycline I have it seems that it's only effective in either bipolar or schizophrenic type illnesses and not depression or anxiety.
I don't know what you base your opinion on regarding minocycline and depression, but it is in conflict with the treatment suggestions offered by the Harvard/Mass General psychiatric department. This is according to someone I know who is currently responding to minocycline as a result of this suggestion. I don't know how they came to their opinion, though. There is now enough interest in minocycline such that it is being studied for unipolar depression. It is early yet, so I can't present any citations reflecting completed clinical trials. It is quite possible that you are right in your impressions of the antidepressant activity of minocycline, but it is unlikely that it would hurt for you to try. The first few days of treatment can produce anxiety, but this appears to disappear quickly.
- Scott
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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