Antidepressants may lead to a decrease in niacin and NAD in patients with poor dietary intake

Tags: niacin
Publication Link: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306-9877(14)00461-7

Authors hypothesis that antidepressants tilt tryptophan metabolism towards making serotonin instead of niacin, which in turn can lead to niacin/NAD+ deficiency that exacerbates common psychiatric problems.

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