Highlights
- Evidence suggests that repurposing meds like aspirin, NSAIDs, allopurinol and angiotensin agents for depression might have some positive results.
- Confounding by indication is a factor to be considered when reviewing such studies.
- A recent study finds that ARBs are associated with a higher risk of suicide when compared to ACE inhibitors in patients over 65 years.
Transcript
Hello everyone and welcome, you are listening to the Psychopharmacology Institute podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Wegdan Rashad. I’m here every two weeks to explore clinically relevant topics in psychiatry in general and psychopharm in particular.
Intro to Repurposing
So today we talk repurposing. What’s that mean? It means using meds we have known for ages, ones we use
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