Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce effectiveness of SSRI antidepressants
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 14:40
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen, aspirin and naproxen, reduce the effectiveness of the most widely used class of antidepressant medications, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, often prescribed for depression and obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders.