Antidepressant drug prescription and incidence of COVID-19 in mental health outpatients: a retrospective cohort study

Antidepressant drug prescription and incidence of COVID-19 in mental health outpatients: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Currently, the main pharmaceutical intervention for COVID-19 is vaccination. While antidepressant (AD) drugs have shown some efficacy in treatment of symptomatic COVID-19, their preventative potential remains largely unexplored. Analysis of association between prescription of ADs...

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Main Authors: Oleg O. Glebov, Christoph Mueller, Robert Stewart, Dag Aarsland, Gayan Perera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
COVID-19
SSRI
Antidepressants
Drug repurposing
Respiratory infection
SARS-CoV-2
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02877-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02877-9

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