Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Antidepressant Use Initially Tied to Higher Myocardial Infarction Risk Reuters Health story at Medscape - "Users of tricyclic antidepressants or serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appear to be briefly at a heightened risk of having a first acute myocardial infarction, UK researchers report. However, they say that this may be due to depression-related effects rather than to the agents themselves. In the April issue of Heart, Dr. Laila J. Tata of the University of Nottingham and colleagues note that there have been inconsistent findings on the influence of antidepressants on cardiovascular disease outcomes." [Viewing Medscape resources requires registration, which is free].