Affective Illness and S-Adenosyl Methionine
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Neuropharmacology
- Vol. 9 (4) , 379-385
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002826-198608000-00005
Abstract
S-Adenosyl methionine may well have an antidepressant action beyond a placebo effect but this is virtually confined to endogenous depression. This should be subjected to further study. Our own double-blind placebo-controlled study is still incomplete. The indications are that SAM specifically affects folate, dopamine, and serotonin metabolism as well as activating and switching brain mechanisms. This suggests exciting prospects for further investigations. SAM is a nontoxic physiological metabolite virtually free of side effects.Keywords
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