2023-07-31 14:25:57
American researchers have created a pill to fight the symptoms of postpartum depression. While the drug still needs to be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration before it becomes available on the market, the treatment results are promising.
Dépression post-partum, baby blues, burn-out maternel… Whatever its name, this phenomenon, far from being isolated, is much more common than we think. Long ignored, it undermines physical and mental health many young parents, especially mothers, following the birth of their child and at the start of their parenthood. According to a recent survey conducted by Censuswide, one in two women (50%) suffer from this psychological distress following the birth of their baby. A study published by Europe EMC has shown that regarding 13% of fathers are victims.
To combat this type of sometimes violent depression, American researchers from Sage Therapeutics and Biogen have developed a drug capable of relieving symptoms such as sadness, fatigue, despair, mood swings, anxiety or irritability. As indicated health magazinethis treatment, called Zuranolone, comes in the form ofone pill to take daily for regarding 15 days.
An improvement in depressive symptoms
“The drug is not an antidepressant, it is a steroid that reduces symptoms by balancing the firing of neurons in networks involved in mood and behavior. After two weeks, the patient stops taking them and consults his doctor for the next few weeks,” the research team said in a press release.
To test the effectiveness of this pill, the researchers conducted a study with 170 women who had recently given birth and in whom severe postpartum depression had been detected. The first half of the participants followed the treatment, taking the drug every day, while the second received a placebo.
The results, published in theAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, showed promise. Indeed, the experts realized that “all women saw their depressive symptoms improve, but only those who received the drug reported significant and continuous improvements (for four to six weeks)“, they conclude in their report.
Read also :
⋙ What is postpartum psychosis, which affects at least one in a thousand mothers?
⋙ “Very difficult”: Kylie Jenner confides in postpartum depression and wants to make women feel guilty
⋙ 1 in 5 parents suffer from postpartum anxiety: how to detect it?
⋙ “I didn’t call anyone”: Laure Manaudou confides in her trying postpartum depression
⋙ Postpartum depression, addiction to opioids and alcohol: the poignant confessions of Hayden Panettiere
1690814486
#pill #postpartum #depression #Researchers #developed #promising #drug
