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Old 07-26-2010, 06:58 PM
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Default SSRIs and Osteoporosis / bone health

i cannot find it. i ran into it ages ago quite by accident. it has something to do with interfering with osteoblasts more or less than osteoclasts and they get out of balance.

i can't remember if it was even online. maybe it was in some of the stuff i got from my pdoc. (i asked him if he had any medical-stuff he didn't want that he could give me rather than recycle it.) there was a book on women's mental health that discussed all kinds of things related to drugs too, right down to the bone (haha NO pun intended, i don't know if it was in there... if i can find that i'll check.)

oh here. well this isn't it, and it doesn't say much, but at least you know which tree i'm barking up:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Depression/6040

Quote:
One potential explanation for these findings, the investigators said, is that SSRIs bring about a reduction in osteoblast activity or a reduction in coupled osteoclast/osteoblast activity, resulting from serotonin transporter inhibition.
i'm ok with using an SSRI, i just think staying on one all the time is a bad idea even if it does work. especially with my poor vitamin D status.

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