SSRIs risky after haemorrhagic stroke

Dr Linda Calabresi

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Dr Linda Calabresi

GP; Medical Editor, Healthed

Dr Linda Calabresi

And to start the year we have one of those devil or deep blue sea dilemmas.

US researchers have determined that if you give patients who have had a haemorrhagic stroke SSRIs you are more likely to effectively treat their depression. But … those same drugs increase their risk of having another cerebral bleed.

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