Composition and method of treating depression using natoxone or

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A new composition and method of treating depression includes administering to a depressed patient a pharmacologically effective dose of naloxone or naltrexone or their pharmacologically effective salts and esters in combination with at least one nontricyclic serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant or their pharmacologically effective salts and esters. The patient may while undergoing antidepressant therapy be undergoing treatment with a benzodiazepine for anxiety.

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