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Corticosteroid use may lower serotonin levels leading to depression, and subsequent treatment with SSRIs or psycho-stimulants may upregulate serotonin and trigger asthma.
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Highlights the potential cycle of corticosteroid-induced serotonin depletion causing psychiatric symptoms, which when treated with SSRIs or psycho-stimulants, may trigger asthma.
Etheresia Pretorius (2004) conducted a review in Asthma and depression. Corticosteroids and SSRIs/psycho-stimulants was evaluated. Corticosteroid use may lower serotonin levels leading to depression, and subsequent treatment with SSRIs or psycho-stimulants may upregulate serotonin and trigger asthma.
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