Commonly used antidepressants may raise heart disease risk

[Haole Girl]

Source: telegraph.co.uk

Commonly used antidepressants may increase the risk of developing heart disease by more than a third, a study has found.

By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 7:30AM GMT 01 Dec 2010

Old style anti-depressant drugs were linked with a 35 per cent increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the study found.

However, newer drugs were not associated with a rise which may signal that the older drugs may be causing the effect rather than the depression itself.

The research conducted by University College London involved nearly 15,000 people in Scotland and the results were published in the European Heart Journal.





Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8171128/Commonly-used-antidepressants-may-raise-heart-disease-risk.html

[uppityperson]

1. Old tricyclics bad, SSRIs good? Good.

The study compared people on the old-style drugs called tricyclic antidepressants to those on the newer ones called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs and those on none.
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“The results of this research should be interpreted with caution. The study wasn’t originally set up to assess the effect of antidepressants on heart disease risk, but it raised some questions. “We know that findings like these can turn out to be red herrings, so before firm conclusions can be drawn there needs to be more research looking closely at the effects of these drugs on your heart.

“Anti-depressants are beneficial for many people and so it would be unwise for anyone taking them to stop based on the results of this study alone.

[jhrobbins]

4. Absolutely-my antidepressant literally saved my life

[yurbud]

5. me too.

[thereismore]

8. me too. nt

[No Elephants]

2. WTF? No drug names in the article?

Whenever I hear possible side effects of drugs, I think they're worse than whatever they're supposed to treat.

[Aristus]

3. Thanks for posting this important info, HG.

All through school, on behavioral health issues, the motto was "No tricyclic antidepressants; SSRI's only."

[TheWatcher]

6. Delete.

Wrong thread.

[Stuart G]

7. I also want to thank you for posting this...nt