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Can Prozac and similar drugs cause or aggravate brain tumors? This is the specter being raised by Professor John Gordon a researcher at Birmingham University. Dr Gordon’s research team has reported in the current issue of Journal Blood, that they have found direct evidence that a class of anti-depressant drugs (SSRI’s) may cause more vigorous growth of cancer tumors. The scientists discovered that in test-tube experiments, anti-depressant drugs such as Prozac stimulate the growth of a type of cancer called Burkitt's lymphoma. These drugs are known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) and include Eli Lilly's Prozac, Lundbeck's Celexa, and GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil. Serotonin is an important mood controlling neurotransmitter that also appears to be a key catalyst in stimulating some types of apoptosis, a natural mechanism by which the body causes genetically damaged cancer cells to die. Professor Gordon said that these drugs appear to block the mechanism of cell apoptosis and although these results have only been demonstrated in test tube, the same mechanism could theoretically take place in people, resulting in more aggressive tumors. Previous work by Gordon and others has supported the concept that positive thinking can be integral to the body’s natural defenses against cancer. Serotonin, whose action is blocked by the anti-depressants, may be key to the “positive thinking” natural defense system.
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Prozac-like anti-depressant drugs are currently used by millions of people worldwide and constitute one of the biggest classes of sellers for the international pharmaceutical industry. Spokesmen from the drug companies have said that there is no evidence whatsoever that these drugs pose any actual cancer risk in practice. They emphasized that there is no clinical evidence to back the theory and that the test tube results were likely caused by the high doses of the drugs used in Dr Gordon’s experimental study. Dr Gordon also stated that the results of the study are not conclusive that Prozac stimulates tumor growth. He said, “Although that extrapolation could be valid, there is no direct evidence from large scale epidemiological studies currently to back it up”.
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