Method of determining and treating affective illness
OwnerJanet Leuschnerinventor
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Abstract
A method of determining affective illness (i.e. mood disorders) involves serological testing. The serotonin uptake of the patient's blood platelets is determined and compared with a standard blood platelet serotonin uptake characteristic of a particular type of affective illness to determine the patient's type of affective illness. A method of treating a patient having a particular affective illness is provided which includes treating the patient with an effective amount of at least one drug which is effective in treating persons having the same blood platelet serotonin uptake as the patient.
Claims5
A method of treating a patient having an affective illness with an effective drug comprising:
- obtaining a serological sample from the patient;
- measuring the serotonin uptake of the blood platelets in the sample;
- comparing the measured blood platelet serotonin uptake of the patient with a standard blood platelet serotonin uptake characteristic of persons having a particular type of affective illness to determine the type of affective illness of the patient;
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- treating the patient with an effective amount of at least one drug which is effective in treating affectively ill persons having the same range of blood platelet serotonin uptake as the patient.
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