A pill for postpartum depression led to meaningful improvements in depression symptoms, according to a late-stage study published this week.
The pill, zuranolone, is not yet approved, but the Food and Drug Administration is expected to make its approval decision by Aug 5.
Those improvements were still reported four and six weeks later, according to the study, which was funded by pharmaceutical partners Sage Therapeutics and Biogen.If approved, zuranolone would be the first pill approved explicitly to treat postpartum depression. An existing treatment called Zulresso was approved in 2019 by the FDA, but that medication is given by intravenous injection.
"The major issue in postpartum depression is screening and patient acceptance of the diagnosis," said Dr. Jacques Moritz, medical director at Tia women's health. The bottom line, experts said, is that anyone experiencing feelings of depression should seek medical care because treatment and help is available.
"I wasn't doing any of the regular things that I would do. I wasn't focusing at work, I wasn't taking care of my home, my kids, myself," Sutherland said.
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