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Journal Article
Use of antidepressants and the risk of Parkinson’s disease: a prospective study
2009
Overview
Background:Individuals with depression have a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD) but the timing of the association is unknown. Therefore, the relationship between initiation of antidepressant therapy and PD risk was assessed in a large population based database from the UK and the timing of this association was explored.Methods:A case control study nested in the General Practice Research Database cohort, a large computerised database with clinical information from more than 3 million individuals in the UK, was conducted. Cases of PD were identified from the computer records from 1995 to 2001 and matched with up to 10 controls by age, sex and practice. Use of antidepressants was obtained from the computer records.Results:999 PD cases and 6261 controls were included. The rate ratio (RR) and 95% CI of PD in initiators of antidepressant therapy compared with non-initiators was 1.85 (1.25 to 2.75). The association was stronger during the first 2 years after initiation of medication use (RR 2.19; 95% CI 1.38 to 3.46) than later (RR 1.23; 95% CI 0.57 to 2.67). Results were similar for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants separately.Conclusion:Initiation of any antidepressant therapy was associated with a higher risk of PD in the 2 years after the start of treatment, which suggests that depressive symptoms could be an early manifestation of PD, preceding motor dysfunction.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd,BMJ Publishing Group,BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subject
/ Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use
/ Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic - therapeutic use
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Depressive Disorder - drug therapy
/ Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
/ Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
/ Humans
/ Parkinson Disease - diagnosis
/ Parkinson Disease - epidemiology
/ Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors - therapeutic use
/ Studies
