antidepressant induced mitochondrial disorders

topic posted Tue, June 30, 2009 - 10:59 PM by  sandy
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Although effexor is not on the list I am posting this here as I for one have taken more than one antidrpessant and there are many other drugs on the list including statins and antibiotics. FYI to date drug companies are not required to report that a drug can cause mitochondrial damage. The authors of this article suggest testing of new meds for mitochondrial damaging effects could save a lot of greif.

Medication documented to induce mitochondrial damage

http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:qiqNqGbokh0J:psychrights.org/research/Digest/NLPs/DrugsCauseMitochondrialDamage.pdf+medication+on+mitochondrial+dysfunction&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk

Table 5. Medications documented to induce mitochondrial damage [10, 35, 63–90]
Drug class
Drugs
Alcoholism medications
Disulfiram (Antabusem)
Analgesic (for pain) and anti-inflammatory Aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol), diclofenac (Voltarenm, Voltarolm, Diclonm, Dicloflexm
Difen and Cataflamm), fenoprofen (Nalfonm), indomethacin (Indocinm, Indocidm, Indochron
E-Rm Indocin-SRm), Naproxen (Alevem, Naprosynm)
Anesthetics
Bupivacaine, lidocaine, propofol
Angina medications
Perhexiline, amiodarone (Cordaronem), Diethylaminoethoxyhexesterol (DEAEH)
Antiarrhythmic (regulates heartbeat)
Amiodarone (Cordarone)
Antibiotics
Tetracycline, antimycin A
Antidepressants
Amitriptyline (Lentizol), amoxapine (Asendis), citalopram (Cipramil), fluoxetine (Prozac,
Symbyax, Sarafem, Fontex, Foxetin, Ladose, Fluctin, Prodep, Fludac, Oxetin, Seronil,
Lovan)
Antipsychotics
Chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, risperidone, quetiapine, clozapine, olanza-
pine
Anxiety medications
Alprazolam (Xanaxm), diazepam (valium, diastat)
Barbiturates
Amobarbital (Amytalm), aprobarbital, butabarbital, butalbital (Fiorinalm, hexobarbital
(Sombulexm), methylphenobarbital (Mebaralm), pentobarbital (Nembutalm), phenobarbital
(Luminalm), primidone, propofol, secobarbital (Seconalm), Talbutalm), thiobarbital
Cholesterol medications
Statins – atorvastatin (Lipitorm, Torvastm), fluvastatin (Lescolm), lovastatin (Mevacorm,
Altocorm), pitavastatin (Livalom, Pitavam), pravastatin (Pravacholm, Selektinem, Lipostatm),
rosuvastatin (Crestorm), simvastatin (Zocorm, Lipexm) bile acids – cholestyramine (Ques-
tranm), clofibrate (Atromid-Sm), ciprofibrate (Modalimm), colestipol (Colestidm), colesevelam
(Welcholm)
Cancer (chemotherapy) medications
Mitomycin C, profiromycin, adriamycin (also called doxorubicin and hydroxydaunorubicin
and included in the following chemotherapeutic regimens – ABVD, CHOP, and FAC)
Dementia
Tacrine (Cognexm),Galantamine (Reminylm)
Diabetes medications
Metformin (Fortametm, Glucophagem, Glucophage XR, Riomet
1
), troglitazone, rosiglita-
zone, buformin
HIV/AIDS medications
AtriplaÔ, Combivirm, Emtrivam, Epivirm (abacavir sulfate), EpzicomÔ, Hividm (ddC, zalcita-
bine), Retrovirm (AZT, ZDV, zidovudine), Trizivirm, Truvadam, Videxm (ddI, didanosine),
Videxm EC, Vireadm, Zeritm (d4T, stavudine), Ziagenm, Racivirm
Epilepsy/Seizure medications
Valproic acid (Depaconm, Depakenem, Depakene syrup, Depakotem, depakote ER,
depakote sprinkle, divalproex sodium)
Mood stabilizers
Lithium
Parkinson's disease medications
Tolcapone (Tasmarm, Entacapone (COMTanm, also in the combination drug Stalevom)
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sandy
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