- Anesthetic drug propofol shows promise in the treatment of medication-resistant depression in a new pilot study - The preliminary research suggests that propofol may trigger rapid, durable antidepressant effects, similar to the response to ECT, but without ECT’s side effects. https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/anesthetic-drug-propofol-shows-promise-in-the-treatment-of-medication-resistant-depression-53218 4 comments science