Author(s)

Toshihiko Numazawa^*

2-1, Ooji, Kusatsu City, Japan.

It is difficult to treat depression because there is no established method for treatment. Many drugs have been developed by Pharmaceutical companies to treat depression. Depression affects many patients. It was necessary to focus on “meprobamate” which was once said to be a magic drug. It was found that “methocarbamol” is more suitable for treating depression than “meprobamate”.

Depression, Methocarbamol, Meprobamate

Numazawa, T. (2016) Treating Depression with the Mephenesin Analog Skeletal Muscle Relaxant Methocarbamol. Open Journal of Depression, 5, 40-47. doi: 10.4236/ojd.2016.54005.