Serotonergic antidepressants linked to bleeds
13th April 2012
Five of the most commonly prescribed serotonergic antidepressants are associated with higher rates of gastrointestinal bleeding and stroke than others in the class, a study finds.
Using an alternative approach to classifying antidepressants - according to their affinity for the serotonin transporter - researchers showed that high-affinity drugs such as paroxetine, sertraline and fluoxetine had the highest rates of these complications.
Reviewing records on more than 36,000 patients with major