The relationship between asthma and suggested alcohol dependence and heavy alcohol use in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study: The role of depressive symptom severity.

Background: Asthma appears to be associated with a variety of psychiatric illnesses including depression and alcohol use disorder. The current study examined the relationship between asthma, heavy alcohol intake and suggested alcohol dependence controlling for depressive symptom severity.

Methods: Data from 37,625 adult patients at the Cooper Clinic who enrolled in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study, completed a medical history questionnaire including information on asthma, depressive symptoms and alcohol use were used.

The efficacy of citalopram or escitalopram in patients with asthma and major depressive disorder.

Background: Major depressive disorder is common in people with asthma. Yet, few studies have evaluated depression treatment in those with asthma.

Objective: To explore the relationship between antidepressant use, depressive symptoms, and asthma control, pooled data from 3 randomized trials of either citalopram or escitalopram were assessed.

Association of serotonin reuptake inhibitors with asthma control.

Clinical trials demonstrated that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) can improve asthma control in patients with comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and that this effect may be greater than the effect of SSRIs on depression. These findings suggest that SSRIs may improve asthma control in patients without MDD. The current retrospective study examined the effect of SSRIs and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) on asthma control in adult patients.