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Smoking antidepressants

2017-09-20 18:41:18
Sir Currently I am taking depran forte and qutan Sr 100 mg.I smokes too much in a day. is there interaction between antidepressants and nicotine.if yes..then pleasee provide me valid reason thanks in Advance
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Nicotine can reduce the effectiveness of the antidepressants. Not just that, the chemicals from smoking a cigarette can also have adverse reaction with antidepressants and may reduce it's potency. It's preferable that u start thinking about reducing the no of cigarettes per day.
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talk to your doc about it and think seriously about reducing/quitting smoking as it has numerous deleterious effect on our body.

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