Blood Testing Together with Canada Drugs Intake Identifies Depression

Depression can be a difficult state to diagnose correctly, but new study shows that in the future a blood test might help. Together with the intake of Canada drugs, diagnosing depression will no longer be a problem. 

It's not clear how much the test might cost, and it needs more stringent validation before it will be ready to be used in medical offices. Still, "it appears that these results are promising, after decades of research into finding a biological test for depression," said study author Dr. George Papakostas, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. 

Papakostas said there are several ways that a blood-based depression test might be helpful. 

For one, he said, a test could help doctors who aren't as experienced in psychiatric disorders. Also, he said, a test may provide assistance to doctors who aren't sure about the proper diagnosis of a patient: "This could be of help to them, in terms of guiding them in one way or another," he said. 

Yet another use for a test would be to verify that a patient has depression, and therefore help him or her accept the diagnosis. "The majority of patients diagnosed with depression have no problem accepting the need for treatment," Papakostas said. However, "there is a minority of patients who feel that validation of an underlying process is helpful," he added. 

The next step is to try to confirm these findings through further research, Papakostas said.  For the meantime it is advised to buy Lexapro for immediate depression treatment. 

The test appears to detect inflammation in the brain, which has been linked to depression, Papakostas said. "That really doesn't surprise researchers. Chronic inflammation has been tied to a number of other illnesses in the kidneys, lungs and heart," he noted. 

Dr. Michelle Riba, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan who's familiar with the findings, said a blood test for depression could be helpful in several ways. 

For one, it would be useful to identify people, especially children and adolescents, who are prone to depression and try to prevent it, she said. 

Also, she said, a test could help give physicians insight into how depression treatments are working over time.  That is, various depression treatments have always been stocked by a Canadian pharmacy to help physicians and patients trace on how they have progressing over time.