Posted by Quintal on August 21, 2007, at 17:23:13
In reply to Re: SSRIs and bone loss » Quintal, posted by Larry Hoover on August 21, 2007, at 16:30:48
>I'd have speculated on the orthostatic hypotension and heart rhythm disturbances associated with tricyclics....
Well I suggested another two there to add to your list.
>On reading the abstract, I don't see anything about mechanism.
True, such a statement would not stand in a court of law, but I hoped it would suffice to convey my meaning on a message board. Please forgive my vagueness, I am a little impaired at present.
From what I gather the secondary-amine TCAs nortriptyline and desipramine have less affinity for the serotonin transporter than tertiary-amine TCAs, yet in this study they correlate with a higher incidence of hip fracture than the tertiary-amine TCAs, unless I read the results backwards. So this would imply some other causal factor besides the serotonin transporter?
Q
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