Researchers Find Antidepressant May Prevent Bone Loss

The Forsyth Institute’s Drs. Battaglino and Stashenko led a team of researchers, including Dr. Dana Graves, BUSDM professor of periodontology and oral biology, who recently found the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) stimulates bone formation.

The findings may be important in the treatment of osteoporosis.

The study, "Fluoxetine Treatment Increases Trabecular Bone Formation in Mice," will be published in the Journal of Cellular Biochemistry and is available online.