![Rapid-Acting Pill to Treat Postpartum Depression is Approved Rapid-Acting Pill to Treat Postpartum Depression is Approved](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/worriedmotherholdingbabyboyinarms-1440.jpg?itok=AlVFBGyj)
On August 4th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved zuranolone, the first oral medication designed to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults. The drug, which is rapid-acting, was…
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Researchers have reported progress in the important effort to explain the rapid antidepressant action of ketamine, and in so doing, have gained insights that may inform the development of other…
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![After ‘Priming’ with Ketamine, Patients Receiving Self-Esteem Training Had Extended Antidepressant Benefits, Study Finds After ‘Priming’ with Ketamine, Patients Receiving Self-Esteem Training Had Extended Antidepressant Benefits, Study Finds](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/image_2022_12_13T14_09_54_824Z.png?itok=7FRK5ghY)
The experimental drug ketamine has been shown to reduce symptoms of major depression, even in treatment-resistant patients, within hours of a single intravenous administration. A medicine based…
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![After ‘Priming’ with Ketamine, Patients Receiving Self-Esteem Training Had Extended Antidepressant Benefits, Study Finds After ‘Priming’ with Ketamine, Patients Receiving Self-Esteem Training Had Extended Antidepressant Benefits, Study Finds](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/manprovidingtherapytoelderlywoman-1440.jpeg?itok=8oj1geh-)
The experimental drug ketamine has been shown to reduce symptoms of major depression, even in treatment-resistant patients, within hours of a single intravenous administration. A medicine based…
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![Positive Phase 3 Test of Rapid-Acting Oral Medicine for Postpartum Depression Positive Phase 3 Test of Rapid-Acting Oral Medicine for Postpartum Depression](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/tiredmothersufferingfrompostnataldepression-1440_1.jpg?itok=iu9s5edb)
An investigational medicine called zuranolone has generated significant, rapid, and enduring symptom reduction in women with postpartum depression. The drug was compared with placebo in a phase 3…
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