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HORMONAL TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION
PHENYLETHYLAMINE (PEA)
Advantages of PEA Treatment Over Other Current Treatments for Depression
PEA controls depression in 60% of depressed persons--the same percentage as all major antidepressants
such as Prozac--but it is less toxic.
Although there are many treatments for depression, PEA treatment has four advantages over current treatments.
- PEA acts very rapidly, in a matter of hours or days, instead of weeks. A rapid treatment for depression would
be an extremely useful tool to reduce disability, to shorten medical treatment, and to prevent suicide. Particularly
important is the fact that PEA is very effective in bipolar patients, as this illness represents a high risk for
suicide.
- PEA practically has no side effects or toxicity; selegiline is given at very small doses, as used to slow down
the progress of Parkinson's disease in the elderly.
- PEA treatment is effective in types of depression that do not respond well to standard antidepressants; in
turn, standard pharmacological agents act in depressions for which phenylethylamine is not effective.
- Because PEA directly restores a neurohormone that is in deficit, it may be more effective and less likely to
have long-term toxic effects than medications which have more complex and indirect actions.
Particularly important is the fact that PEA is very effective in bipolar patients, as this illness is life
long.
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