Posted by JohnL on January 22, 2001, at 4:36:34
In reply to Strange but does seretonin prevent colds,flu?, posted by dreamer on January 21, 2001, at 11:24:29
> I used to get alot of colds and flu being a smoker but since taking various SRI's i can't catch a cold in fact i havent had one for six years or more.Sometimes i think i need a good clear-out due to congestion caused by smoking.
> Is this healthy,does seretonin give me a super mega immune system,or am i so unhealthy that the virus just thinks no way i'm not going in there.
> Any feed back appreciated
>
> dreamer
Hi,
All I know is that in the last 5 years or so I haven't had a cold or the flu. It seems when almost everyone around me is getting sick, I just breeze right through it all as if I'm somehow off limits to germs. In the 5 years however I've taken a lot of different medications. Almost all of them did have some kind of serotonin enhancing characteristics. The one I've taken the longest is Remeron 7.5mg (half the minimum dose), and second would be Prozac (mostly 20mg day). I've sometimes wondered if the anti-histimine effects of Remeron had anything to do with it.I have no clue, but it is an interesting topic. Now that I've said this, I'll probably catch a cold! Knock on wood.
John
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