Antidepressant May Cause A Person To Suffer From Stroke
The journal Stroke Magazine published a clinical study about depressed women prescribed with antidepressant medication such as Zoloft as having a high risk of suffering from potential stroke
The senior author of the clinical study, Dr. Kathryn Rexrode, is an internist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. According to Dr. Rexrode that there is something about depression that increases the risk of stroke, which is a similar case to those who suffer from asthma.
Depression is a common mental disorder with depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low-self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration defined by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Statistics shows among study participants that those who had depression were estimated to 29 percent and more likely to suffer a stroke over a six-year period
Women who took anti-depressant medication, especially a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) such as Zoloft, had a 39 percent increase in stroke-related depression.
SSRI is a class of antidepressant drug which is primarily used in the treatment of major depressive illness, anxiety disorders, the depressed phase of bipolar disorder and psychotic. The cyclic compound has more risk of side effects compared to SSRIs. It also says that enhanced serotonin transmission can lead to several common side effects such as anxiety, agitation, akathisia, nausea, insomnia, and sexual dysfunction, especially diminished sexual drive or difficulty achieving an erection or orgasm. What also being said that enhanced serotonin transmission can lead to several common side effects such as anxiety, agitation, akathisia, nausea, insomnia, and sexual dysfunction, especially diminished sexual drive of difficulty achieving erection or orgasm
Dr. Rexrode said that antidepressant is not the major contributor of the risk of patients suffering from stroke rather the connection exists because those who take these medications ma have more severe depression.
Depression may also be linked to inflammation in the body, which increases the risk of stroke, as well as other conditions or underlying vascular disease in the brain, said study researcher An Pan, of Harvard School of Public Health.
To create awareness of what can cause the intake of these medications and the possible consequences is the main objective of the clinical study conducted by the team of Dr. Rexrode not to discourage people from taking such medication.
Patients who are being prescribed with antidepressant medication and who noticed that their depression worsened may consider filing a Zoloft lawsuit an option.