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Study finds statin in combination with SSRI improves depression outcomes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30174
Subject(s) - medicine , serotonin reuptake inhibitor , antidepressant , concomitant , statin , simvastatin , depression (economics) , adverse effect , psychiatry , cohort , pharmacology , anxiety , macroeconomics , economics
A nationwide cohort study of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) users in Denmark has found that concomitant use of a statin with the antidepressant reduced psychiatric hospital contacts compared with SSRI treatment alone, without worsening adverse effects. The vast majority of concurrent treatment cases that were examined in the study involved use of simvastatin. Study results were published online May 3 in the American Journal of Psychiatry .