From Meredith Lloyd-Evans
Your article on depression and the immune system
(16 June, p 34) reminded me
that when I was a practising vet, we used to use betamethasone or similar
anti-inflammatories to treat elderly cats that had gone off their food and
become apathetic, symptoms which I suppose might indicate something similar to
human depression.
According to the owners, the drugs restored the cats’ appetites and they
almost always became brighter and more lively. Perhaps this is a veterinary
version of an antidepressant anti-inflammatory.
Cambridge
