新しいメラトニンベースの治療法:重度のうつ病の治療における潜在的な進歩
1Brain & Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. ian.hickie@sydney.edu.au
Lancet (London, England)
|May 21, 2011
まとめ
昼間のリズムが乱れることは,重度のうつ病と関連しています. アゴメラチン (Agomelatine) は,昼夜神経系を標的とし,抗うつ剤の有効性を示し,従来の抗うつ剤よりも副作用が少ない.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 精神科医は精神病を患っている.
- クロノバイオロジー クロノバイオロジー
背景:
- 重度のうつ病は,死亡と障害の主な原因です.
- 既存の抗うつ薬には大きな限界があります.
- クロノバイオロジーと気分障害は,ますます結びついている.
研究 の 目的:
- 破壊されたクロノバイオロジーと重度のうつ病との関連をレビューする.
- サーカディアンシステムをターゲットにした新しい抗うつ剤戦略の概要をまとめること.
- アゴメラチンを潜在的な治療法として強調する.
主な方法:
- クロノバイオロジーとうつ病に関する科学文献のレビュー.
- アゴメラチンの作用機構の分析 (メラトニン受容体アゴニスト,5-HT2Cアゴニスト).
- アゴメラチンの有効性と副作用のプロフィールを他の抗うつ剤とプラセボと比較.
主要な成果:
- アゴメラチンには抗うつ剤と抗不安剤の効果が示されています.
- 短期的な有効性はヴェンラファキシン,フルオキセチン,セルトラリンに匹敵する.
- 長期再発率は,アゴメラチン (23.9%) とプラセボ (50.0%) と比較して低い.
- アゴメラチンで治療された患者は,睡眠の質が改善されたと報告しています.
- アゴメラチンには,一般的な抗うつ剤の副作用の可能性が低い.
結論:
- サーカディアンシステムをターゲットにすることは,重度のうつ病の治療に新しいアプローチを提供します.
- アゴメラチン (Agomelatine) は,好ましい副作用プロファイルを持つ有望なクロノビオティック抗うつ剤です.
- 気分障害に対するサーカディアンベースの治療法に関するさらなる研究は正当化されています.
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