A researcher at the University of Saskatchewan is looking into the possibility that certain anti-depressant medications may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Doctor Darrell Mousseau, a professor of psychiatry, says certain drugs in a family of anti-depressants called SSRIs may be responsible for the creation of a sticky protein in the brain.
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He says this protein has been linked to the development of Alzheimer’s.
Mousseau’s five-year project got underway almost two years ago and is being funded through the Alzheimer’s Society of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
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