A new study suggests that antidepressants designed to only interact with intestinal cells could be more effective in treating depression and anxiety while minimizing side effects.
photographed in Miami, Florida. The Food and Drug Administration asked makers of popular antidepressants to add or strengthen suicide-related warnings on their labels as well as the possibility of worsening depression especially at the beginning of treatment or when the doses are increased or decreased. (Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Your gut plays a huge role in shaping and even determining your mental well-being.
After all, your gut — and not your brain — produces 90% of your entire body’s serotonin. A recent study revealed that making antidepressants that exclusively interact with intestinal cells could be far more effective in treating depression and anxiety and also result in fewer digestive issues and cognitive side effects. “Antidepressants like Prozac and Zoloft that raise serotonin levels are important first-line treatments and help many patients but can sometimes cause side effects that patients can’t tolerate. Our study suggests that restricting the drugs to interact only with intestinal cells could avoid these issues,” said Mark Ansorge, an associate professor of clinical neurobiology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, in a press release. The study findings further highlighted that taking antidepressants during pregnancy makes newborn babies far more vulnerable to suffering from depression for a year. In this mice study, Ansorge and colleagues observed that developing antidepressants capable of increasing serotonin levels only in the cells lining the small and large intestines might help prevent gastrointestinal complications in babies and also drastically improve the mood of depressed patient
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