What is the effect of the drug Sertonin in cancer treatment?

March 25th, 2008 | Tags: ,
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ammi asked:


Will it reduce the rate of cell division…….

  1. U812B4
    March 28th, 2008 at 20:27
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    It Sertonin does not appear to be a drug for cancer treatment that I can find. Please double check your info!

    This is the only thing I found:

    Serotonin
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    A hormone found in the brain, platelets, digestive tract, and pineal gland. It acts both as a neurotransmitter (a substance that nerves use to send messages to one another) and a vasoconstrictor (a substance that causes blood vessels to narrow). A lack of serotonin in the brain is thought to be a cause of depression. Also called 5-hydroxytryptamine.

  2. Buttercup003
    April 1st, 2008 at 05:16
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    Seratonin is a chemical compound in your brain family. Lack of this can cause depression, causing doctors to prescribe anti-depressants. This is also given to women during menopausal age to relieve symptoms of. And this is also the period of time when women are more likely to have cancer cells generate. If cancer is detected, chemotherapy can be interferred by usage of Seratonin enhanced meds. It is a vicious cycle. I take anti-depressants, have stage 3 breast cancer, went through the Chemo and Radiation, and it was tough. These treatments can cause depression alone plus the fact I was diagnosed many years ago with acute depression. I cannot stop taking my anti-depressant. My advice would be: If you are on Seratonin meds, it could interrupt with Chemo and it may help to wein yourself off the seratonin to get full benefit of the Chemo. If, like me, you can’t it may be a little tougher to get through cancer treatments. I did, and it was not easy but I am still alive.

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