Posted by linkadge on April 24, 2007, at 14:11:04
In reply to SSRI's and possible heart damage?! » linkadge, posted by Kathii on April 24, 2007, at 0:20:39
Difficult to say. I'm sure lots of people would like to be able to rule things out but I don't know.
Think of it this way. The two parkinsons meds recently withdrawn for similar cardiac effects were assumed to be perfectly safe up till a few months ago. A large percentage of the individuals taking the two agonsts show some degree of cardiac dammage. Many of these individuals showed no symtpoms untill viewed with medical equiptment.
Some people use the logic that unless a link has been proven there is no link. I think there is the potential that any powerfull serotonergic medication could produce similar effects, only that SSRI's have not been systematically studied for these types of effects.
I'd like to think we are in an age where the most significan side effects could be prescreened. However, I find it scarry that medications like permax and dosinex could slip the radar for so long.
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