I wonder if other drugs that increase serotonin but not exclusively by reuptake inhibition would also have the anti-bacterial effect? An example would be trazadone, which I take to improve sleep. And something like buspirone also. Guess I’d better read the study for clues.
Found:
“Fluoxetine and Trazodone: An exploratory analysis indicated that individuals using fluoxetine or trazodone had a lower risk of bacterial infection”.
Let me again give a warning about these drugs. Some of you may be walking around with genetic issues that can cause real problems but you don’t know it because Doctors never bothered to check. AND don’t seem to know much about it.
It is a complicated subject that is way too involved for discussion here.
Just know that this class of drugs are dangerous for some people. I am one of them.
Both my parents gave me a defect where I have zero ability to process a drug using that enzyme to metabolize. And if the drug uses more enzymes than just one..we’ll guess what..I have multiple enzyme issues
So be very careful if you are aware that you have had issues in the past processing a drug.
This class of drugs can give you really nasty side effects including mental issues for those with genetic problems in their metabolizing genes.
Also, if just one parent gave you a bad gene you can still have problems processing drugs.