Mental Health Blogs

Cancer-related psychological issues are way out of my wheelhouse, but unpublished results of a study of Paxil’s use in treating mental impairment due to chemotherapy were presented this week at a conference.

“‘Cancer and its treatment impact important areas of cognitive function such as attention and memory, which are essential to patients’ effective psychosocial functioning and quality of life,’ Dr. Pascal Jean-Pierre, from the University of Rochester, New York and colleagues point out in a meeting paper.

“‘Both depression and cancer-related cognitive dysfunction share the same networks in the brain,’ Jean-Pierre explained in an interview with Reuters Health, Therefore, he and his colleagues looked into Paxil treatment in close to 800 cancer patients aged 22 to 87 years.

“The researchers found “significant differences” between the participants’ reports of memory problems after their first round of chemotherapy (before Paxil) and after four cycles of chemo and treatment with Paxil.

“Paxil had a significant beneficial effect on cancer-related mental impairment. Even after taking depression out of the equation, ‘we still saw a significant effect of Paxil on cognitive function,’ Jean-Pierre told Reuters Health.”

That’s an intriguing finding, but I’ll wait to see the full published data before leaping to any conclusions.

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