Posted by linkadge on June 29, 2009, at 7:52:05
In reply to Re: SSRI's and sudden cardiac death » linkadge, posted by Larry Hoover on June 28, 2009, at 22:16:37
>A is depression, which leads to B, >antidepressant use, and C, sudden cardiac death.
Depression doesn't necesarily lead to antidepressant use.
>In fact, this study did not find any increased >risk of sudden cardiac death with antidepressant >use when not simultaneously correlated with a >diagnosis of depression. I'd say that pretty >much rules out the antidepressant having any >real contribution to sudden cardiac death.
Not necessarily. The depression could be the factor that predisposes an individual to cardiac instability. The drug use can be what precipitates the event. Just like cocaine may be *relativley* safe for indivuals without heart disease. But for somebeody with a mild to severe heart problem it could lead to an adverse cardaic event. The cocaine still caused the cardiac event.
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