Sentences with phrase «developed as an antidepressant»

The drug was initially developed as an antidepressant, and although it failed to alter mood in trials, researchers noticed it seemed to be helping women with low sex drives.

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Ketamine was developed as an anesthetic, but is better known publicly for its abuse as the party drug Special K. Researchers are now seeking alternatives because ketamine can produce side effects that include hallucinations and the potential for abuse — limiting its utility as an antidepressant.

Indeed, given the lack of evidence as to whether SSRIs and other antidepressants have any causal effect on fetal neurodevelopment, it's possible that SSRIs could actually help a developing fetus whose mother is depressed, says Jay Gingrich, a psychiatrist at Columbia University who has no affiliations with any pharmaceutical companies.

British neuroscientists contend that they have a great track record, helping to explain brain illnesses such as motor neuron, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases, and develop many important drugs such as Fluoxetine, the widely used antidepressant known as Prozac.