Prozac and Celexa exhibit anti-inflammatory effects

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 02/24/2010 - 23:00

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new study found that fluoxetine (Prozac) and citalopram (Celexa) treatment significantly inhibited disease progression of collagen-induced arthritis in mice.

Research led by Sandra Sacre, Ph.D., from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the UK studied the anti-arthritic potential of these drugs, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors most commonly used to treat depression.

Full findings of this study are published in the March issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.

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