
Old Antibiotic, New Panic Aid: Minocycline Shows Promise
A study suggests repurposing minocycline, an existing antibiotic, to treat panic attacks: in both mice and humans exposed to CO2 it reduced panic severity and dampened microglia-driven inflammation, offering a potential faster route to approval and a mechanism distinct from clonazepam, though larger trials and considerations about antibiotic resistance are needed.

