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Combination drug targeting opioid system may help relieve treatment-resistant depression

February 12, 2016 by

A clinical trial of an experimental drug for treatment-resistant major depression finds that modulation of the endogenous opioid system may improve the effectiveness of drugs that target the action of serotonin and related monoamine neurotransmitters.

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