Comments on: Rapid Relief From Major Depression? New Biomarker Identified That Accurately Predict Effective Drug For Depressed People

By: jon

jon — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:50:20 +0000

see i have eplilesy, and the med they gave me was dilatin.
it is also used as a depression.
so later in time after having brian surgery, they took it off.
what a mistake. depress is here today. hrd time tell your doctor about it.today. they tell me i’m normal.
i tell them , whats that?

By: Rayanne Reiner

Rayanne Reiner — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:44:29 +0000

I am a victim of severe depression. I did not hear about this study, or I might have volunteered for it. How can I find out how to take advantaged of this ‘biomarker’ to determine what medication(s) is(are) right for me? Please help. Ms. Reiner

By: Phyllis Abston

Phyllis Abston — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:00:36 +0000

Wow, I am very impressed and happy about this diagnostic tool because I was a psych nurse for years. I have also had a problem with clinical depression all my life…literally. I have been on anything from Paxil to Wellbutrin. Paxil helped me the most but after 8 years, it lost it’s effectiveness. But the main issue, that most people don’t know or understand about antidepressives is that they take anywhere from 3 to 8 weeks to take total effect. So many people think, and probably hope, that it will hlep immediately. They just don’t work that way and that is sad. But the worst thing that is soooo bad about needing one, is the fact, that it is trial and error, sometimes for a very long time because of the length of time it takes them to take hold. It is an extemely expensive ordeal. Unless, the med is a very old one and insurance covers it, there is a very high cost involved. The new ones can cost up to $300 a month to take. They have different class’s of ad’s, put in a certain class because of how they work and what they work on chemically in the body. The older ones you have to be more careful on….eg….things you eat…etc. Right now I am in a situation where I am on one not working, so I can totally sympathize with everyone out there with depression. Please, for those of you who read this and have depression, there is hope and maybe this is what they hope it will be. If you are having financial problems, most pharmalogical companies, will help with your medicine, if your dr will fill out the forms. Good luck and hope and pray this is an answer.

By: Edith Temte

Edith Temte — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:59:26 +0000

My only observation at this time given the focus on keeping costs down for both medications and active treatment…how are insurance companies going to respond to two highly sophistated tests to cover plus the cost of the doctor’s treatment and the medication. Already it is known that when it comes to the treatment of depression and other disorders involving depression and anxiety there is a disproportionate amount of receiving a lower benefit from insurers usually at a much lower level of re-imbursement or even availability of coverage. This dicoctomy still exists even after the supposed de-stigmatization of having an emotional/mental disorder. I speak as an individual who has been in and out of treatment in the last 41 years. Until our society figures out that depression is a real medical problem, even as promising as this finding it – the question remains especially in this time of possible reforms in terms of insuring and treatment of all known illnesses will the testing be done or determined to be too expensive given the additional medical testing that his finding needs to have to make the treatment most effective.

By: stella marcum

stella marcum — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:28:21 +0000

I WISH I COULD TRY THIS TRETMENT…STELLA

By: stella marcum

stella marcum — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:26:52 +0000

THIS IS A VERY GOOD ARTECAL

By: Marianne

Marianne — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:58:17 +0000

Enjoyed you article, it gave me a glimer of hope. Any one in the midwest doing the kind of reasearch you spoke of? I’m frome the Chicago area, and have suffered over 25 years with depression. I am concerned with my children. Please respond.
Thanking You in Advance, Marianne Rubino HX upon request.

By: Lucrishia

Lucrishia — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:38:45 +0000

Wow this is wonderful news for those of us who do suffer from severe depression. I have been on so many medications that start out working but then after a while they stop and I have to be changed to something else. This has been going on for more than 10 yrs. My doctor has told me that if what I am currently on stops working then he doesn’t know what we are going to do! I am actually taking 2 drugs Wellbutrin SR 150 mg twice daily along with Cymbalta 60 mg once daily. I just hope they can find something that may be a permanent solution for people like me who suffer severe depression.

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:12:45 +0000

It would be interesting to know who sponsored the study, my guess would be the company that makes Lexapro. I do think this test will be of benefit, especially to cut down on the amount of “Experimentation” that doctors do with conventional drug therapy. The only problem that I can see is that starting a drug like Lexapro has some nasty side effects, it’s a good thing the trial period is only one week.

By: Peggy Dranberg

Peggy Dranberg — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:55:50 +0000

When will this test be available for my doctor to help my treatment?