Treatment with montelukast and antidepressive medication-a symmetry analysis.

Jane Sterndorff Winkel Per Damkier Nina Sahlertz Kristiansen Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2018)

We found a weak association between the use of montelukast and the risk of being prescribed an antidepressant, unlikely to be of clinical relevance. Stratified analyses suggest that this association may relate to asthma, rather than to montelukast.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
major depressive disorder
lung function
emergency department
combination therapy
cystic fibrosis
allergic rhinitis
electronic health record
smoking cessation