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Anti-inflammatory drugs help with depression

26.10.2016

It is often said that depression and inflammation are interrelated, that one reinforces the other. But in this case, probably, anti-inflammatory drugs should reduce the symptoms of depression.

Indeed, they do work, but not all. According to the results of the work of researchers from Cambridge, ordinary ibuprofen, for example, will not help here. Inflammation is a highly complex immune response involving many different cells and molecules, including lipids called prostaglandins and proteins called cytokines. The anti-inflammatory properties of ibuprofen lie in the fact that it inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins, however, in order to reduce not only inflammation, but also depression, it is necessary to act through cytokines.

The authors analyzed the results of several clinical studies involving more than 2 people treated for various autoimmune disorders. Inflammation, generally speaking, turns on during infection, when something foreign invades the body; however, it happens that the immune system begins to perceive the body's own cells as foreign, so that as a result, organs and tissues are filled with inflammatory signaling molecules synthesized for absolutely no reason.

In autoimmune disorders, they try to suppress such false signals, reduce their strength, which means to reduce the level of the notorious cytokines. In those clinical studies, the goal of the doctors was specifically immune problems, but at the same time during therapy, the general condition of patients was also recorded. Some were given real anti-cytokine drugs, some were given a placebo, and it turned out that those who took the real drugs had markedly reduced symptoms of depression. What's more, anti-inflammatory drugs often helped primarily against depression, while autoimmune symptoms remained unchanged.

It is known from medical practice that conventional antidepressants are the worst at helping those with elevated levels of cytokines, so anti-inflammatory drugs that act on these signaling proteins could save the situation in such cases. However, before letting them into the clinic, it is necessary to conduct special studies to evaluate the antidepressant effect of just such drugs.

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