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A member asked:
Can antidepressants cause brain tumors? if so how can it be prevented?
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Brain tumors: The is no medical evidence that antidepressant medication causes brain tumors. Therefore, no preventive measures are necessary.
Answered 9/1/2014
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Come again?: Your question is really WAY out there. I can't recall ever being asked that. I think some years ago there were studies that SUGGESTED that SSRIs MAY inhibit a metabolic pathway that THEORETICALLY could increase the risk, but they were on cell cultures, not on humans or even animals. Bupropion IS contraindicated to treat people WITH brain cancer. Maybe you heard that and got it backwards?
Answered 5/22/2016
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