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serotonin and the heart

Posted by robwil13 on May 9, 2005, at 11:49:21

Can anybody direct me to a site that can tell be the effects of serotonin on the heart and how Ad's and other psycoactive drugs might effect the fuction of the heart.

thx robbie

Re: serotonin and the heart » robwil13

Posted by Larry Hoover on May 9, 2005, at 12:13:31

In reply to serotonin and the heart, posted by robwil13 on May 9, 2005, at 11:49:21

> Can anybody direct me to a site that can tell be the effects of serotonin on the heart and how Ad's and other psycoactive drugs might effect the fuction of the heart.
>
> thx robbie

I can't find such a site, but I found this article. Table 4 pretty much lays it out, but there's more info in the text. It's a .pdf file.

http://tinyurl.com/atbo6

Lar

Re: serotonin and the heart

Posted by robwil13 on May 9, 2005, at 18:59:14

In reply to serotonin and the heart, posted by robwil13 on May 9, 2005, at 11:49:21

I guess more to the point does te reuptake of serotonin have an effect on the somatic portions of anxiety (racing heart beat, muscle tightness)

Robbie

Re: serotonin and the heart

Posted by linkadge on May 9, 2005, at 19:17:16

In reply to Re: serotonin and the heart, posted by robwil13 on May 9, 2005, at 18:59:14

I find SSRI's can tend to tame down certain physical anxieties such as racing heart. They tend to make GI upset worse though, as activation of the 5-ht3 receptors can cause nausia.

Linkadge

Prozac was originally worked on as a.....(all)

Posted by jay on May 9, 2005, at 22:04:02

In reply to serotonin and the heart, posted by robwil13 on May 9, 2005, at 11:49:21

...blood pressure med. (I think you can find the reference in "Listening to Prozac" ) or one of the popular books. This is going back into the 1970's, when it seemed to do more for people's mood than for blood pressure.

Jay

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