Taking antidepressant originally from the family of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (IRS) would be well associated to the decrease of the bone mineral density in aged persons, with the consequence that it will rise the risk of fractures.The Professor Susan Diem, from Minnesota University, have monitored 2722 aged womens under 78.5 years old. Two hundred of them are taking this kind of antidepressant.
With her team, she measured the bone mineral density of all the patients, at the level of the hip-bone.
The results are: the bone density of these womens were lower than womens which didn’t use the antidepressant or that didn’t use at all the antidepressant.
For the professor, these last generation’s antidepressants which interfere with the function of osteoclast and osteoblast, weaken the bones.
Source: Archives of International Medicine
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