I tend to have a few puffs of a cigarette through out the day. I just started 25mg of sertraline 4 days ago? I know smoking is bad in general and I am working on quitting. I am wondering if this bad habit may affect my treatment negatively?
Does cigarette smoking affect how sertraline 25mg is metabolized?
Question posted by Pam88 on 8 June 2021
Last updated on 8 June 2021 by WildcatVet
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WildcatVet
8 June 2021
Hi, Pam!
This is the Interaction Report on sertraline and nicotine:
https://www.drugs.com/interactions-check.php?drug_list=2057-0,1716-0
If you do further research though some sites say that smoking can decrease the efficacy of antidepressants. A good reason to stop.
Good for you for trying to quit!
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