Written by Dr. Bruce Kehr Psychiatrists are using genetic testing to determine which prescription medications work best for treating each patient’s particular addiction. For example, doctors can test patients who suffer from alcohol addiction for variants in a gene called the μ-Opioid Receptor (OPRM1), which has been linked to a [...]
This work was sponsored by a Young Investigator Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) BACKGROUND Suicide is preventable, yet still remains a worldwide cause of death in part due to a lack of available medical interventions that can work during a suicidal crisis. Most potentially helpful medications [...]
Giving severely depressed patients the arthritis drug celecoxib (brand name Celebrex) dramatically boosted the effectiveness of their antidepressant medication, according to new research. Patients were randomly assigned to receive the antidepressant escitalopram (Lexapro) plus celecoxib or Lexapro plus a placebo. The study found that 78 percent of the patients in the [...]