Any drugs under development for negative symptoms?

[SzAdmin]

Yes - here are just some of them:

Encenicline

and

Cannabis drug shows promise in treating schizophrenia

An experimental cannabis drug for treating schizophrenia, developed by UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, was found to be superior to a placebo in a mid-stage trial. The drug, cannabidiol, was tested in 88 patients with schizophrenia, who had failed to respond to anti-psychotic medication. More info: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globenewswire/10149367.htm GW Pharmaceuticals Web Site: http://www.gwpharm.com/

more info here:

Medicinal, high-free cannabis could be on its way

Marijuana has some incredible pain relief properties. It can also make people incredibly paranoid. A team of biochemists believes it has found a way to separate these two properties and pave the way for a very legal, very helpful new line of medication. And it all began with skunk. “A current strain of marijuana known as skunk has high levels of THC [tetrahydrocannabinol], which resulted in an increase of adolescents having psychedelic episodes,” Peter McCormick of the University of East Anglia, and coauthor on a PLOS Biology paper on the find, tells WIRED.co.uk. “Maybe large amounts of THC were somehow working through the serotonin receptor and giving kids this overdose in terms of memory …

from this company:

GW Pharmaceuticals